REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICATION OF PAPERS

1. MANUSCRIPTS MUST NOT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

2. Authors must attach a DECLARATION OF AUTHORITY (according to the template). The template is listed on the conference website. This declaration certifies that the manuscript has not been published in other publications. The declaration, signed by the author and scanned, should be sent to the conference email [email protected], together with the APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION (according to the template).

3. In case of co-authorship – it is necessary for each author to fill out and attach a DECLARATION OF CO-AUTHORITY (according to the template), indicating the participation of each author in the paper. The declaration, signed by each co-author and scanned, should be sent to the conference email [email protected], together with the APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION (according to the template).

4. The papers are sent within the specified deadline to the conference email [email protected].

5. The accepted papers, formatted according to the requirements - after review by habilitated scientists, will be published in the Conference Proceedings in electronic format with an ISBN number. The Conference Proceedings will be entered in the National Reference List of Contemporary Bulgarian Scientific Publications with Scientific Review of NACID.

6. In order for the Conference Proceedings to be published in the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), each author should fill out a CEEOL DECLARATION (according to the template) and submit it to the Conference Organizing Committee.

7. Each participant with a paper will receive the Conference Proceedings in electronic form.

8. The best papers can be submitted for publication in the UNWE publications after review by members of their editorial boards. - journal "Economic and Social Alternatives" (in Bulgarian), http://www.unwe.bg/alternativ and the journal "Economic Alternatives" (in English), http://www.unwe.bg/eajournal/en.

9. The regulation for presenting and discussing one paper during the conference is 10 minutes.

10. Presentation of the paper at the conference - with a Power Point presentation.

11. The author(s) present their paper in person at the conference.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FORMATTING OF THE PAPERS

1. The maximum volume of the paper is 8 pages, incl. tables, figures (graphs and diagrams) and bibliography.

2. The papers can be written and presented in the working languages ??of the conference - Bulgarian, Russian or English.

3. The papers will be published in the language in which they are presented.

4. The first page of the paper should contain the following information:

Title of the paper - in Bulgarian

Name and surname of the author(s) - in Bulgarian

The academic degree, academic position, place of work, correspondence address and e-mail address of the author(s) should be given as a footnote for each author - in Bulgarian

Abstract (maximum 300 words) - in Bulgarian

Keywords (maximum 5 words) - in Bulgarian

JEL classification (at least one classification code)

Title of the paper - in English

Name and surname of the author(s) - in English

The academic degree, academic position, place of work, correspondence address and e-mail address of the author(s) should be given as a footnote.

Abstract (maximum 300 words) - in English

Keywords (maximum 5 words) - in English

JEL classification (at least one classification code)

5. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams (schemes) and references to the text in the abstract.

6. On the first page, the title of the paper, the names of the author(s), scientific degree and academic position, place of work, as well as the abstract and keywords for Bulgarian participants must be written in Bulgarian and English. For foreign participants - they must be written in the relevant foreign language.

7. Papers are prepared in Word 2000 version or higher in A4 format (about 40 lines per page).

8. Recommended sequence for preparing papers:

Introduction

Discussion of the relevant literature

Methodology

Data and sources

Results from the study

Conclusion

References

9. Papers prepared in Bulgarian must contain one Abstract in the working language – up to 300 words, and one Abstract in English – up to 300 words.

10. Papers prepared in English must contain only one Abstract in English – up to 300 words.

11. The JEL classification can be found at the following link: https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel

12. The following formatting requirements must be observed in the technical design of the papers:

Page margins: left – 2.5 cm, right – 2.5 cm, top – 2.5 cm, bottom – 2.5 cm.

Report text font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, normal.

Line spacing: 1.5.

Report title: Times New Roman, 14 pt, cap lock, bold, centered.

Page numbering: bottom, centered.

Name and surname of the author(s) (placed after one blank line after the title): Times New Roman, 12 pt, bold, centered.

Abstract (placed one blank line after the name and surname of the author(s)): Times New Roman font, 12 pt, italic, justified.

Keywords (placed one blank line after the abstract): Times New Roman font, 12 pt, italic, justified.

Subtitles: Times New Roman font, 12 pt, bold, centered.

Formulas should be centered and numbered on the right (1), (2),…

All graphs and diagrams should be labeled as figures and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Titles should be placed below the figures.

Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Titles should be placed above the tables.

The source of the data in a table should be indicated below the table. Text in Bulgarian and English may be included in tables and figures – font Times New Roman, 10 pt, normal.

When citing publications by another author or authors in the text, the following rules should be followed:

Krugman at al., 1997; Born (1998) and Jones (2001); Barney (1991; 1994).

When citing publications by other authors in the text, the following rules should be followed.

When citing a specific text from another publication, the pages should be cited: Pavlov (2002, p. 333) claims that ". . . . . . ". Without citing a specific text, it is only: Pavlov (2002) confirms the thesis of the existence of a connection . . .

When the name of the author is not directly indicated in the text, it is placed in parentheses together with the year of publication: This problem has already been studied (Krugman et al., 1997).

When more than one author is mentioned in one sentence, they are cited: Smith (2000) and Born (2002) also prove that . . . .

In the case of more than one publication on the topic by a given author, the reference is: As suggested by Barney (1991; 1997) . . . or Studies in the 1990s (Barney, 1991; 1997) show that . . .

If several publications by the same author in the same year are used, a lowercase letter a, b, c, etc. is added after the year. Example: An earlier study by Porter (1990a) shows that . . . , but a later study by Porter (1990c) expands this statement with new aspects.

When citing secondary sources, the format is: A study by Brown (2000, cited in Smith, 2004, p. 120) shows that . . .

The bibliography should be listed after the main text, without numbering the literary sources.

Sources (publications, etc.) are arranged in alphabetical order of the authors' surnames - first in Cyrillic, then in Latin and other languages.

Under each cited source in Cyrillic - in Bulgarian, the same source, written according to the rules of the Transliteration Act, should be given.

Example:

Erhard, L. (1993). Blagodenstvie za vsichki. Sofia, UI "Stopanstvo".

(Erhard, L. (1993). Blagodenstvie za vsichki, Sofia, UI "Stopanstvo".)

The sequence of publications by one author is indicated by adding lowercase letters a, b, c, etc. after the year of publication.

13. The bibliography should be prepared as follows:

When compiling the list of cited sources, the following models (formats) should be used:

For books and monographs:

Porter, M. (1990). The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: The Free Press.

Post, J., Lawrence, A., Weber, J. (1999). Business and Society. 9th ed. Irwin/McGraw – Hill.

Georgiev, I. (1999). Fundamentals of Investment. Sofia: University Publishing House "Stopanstvo".

For articles and periodicals:

Farrell, J., Shapiro, C. (2008). How Strong Are Weak Patents? American Economic Review, 98(4), pp. 1347-1369.

Dinkov, D. (2011). Virtual Communities in the Postmodern World. Economic Alternatives, No. 4, pp. 3-18.

When citing an author from a collective publication:

Friedman, M. (1991). The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits, in J. Bower (ed.), The Craft of General Management. Boston: Harvard Business School Publications, 287-296.

For Internet/electronic sources:

If the source is a website, the information is arranged as follows: source, year, title of the web document or web page [means of access], available at: website address/URL[Date of last user access (for insurance)]

Example:

American Economic Association (2012). JEL Classification Codes Guide, [online] Available at: <http://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide [Accessed 15 May 2012].

Hart, K. (1998) The place of the 1898 Cambridge, Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Straits (CAETS) in the history of British social anthropology. Science as Culture. [Online] 11 (1). Available: http://human-nature.com/science-as-culture/hart.html [Accessed 9 November 2003]

For unreferenced cases and sources, the Harvard citation system should be used.