Development Economics
This section covers development economics within economics, finance and decision science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
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Section scope
This section covers development economics within economics, finance and decision science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
Example topics
The following examples illustrate the section’s subject range; they are not an exhaustive list.
- Foundational questions, concepts, theories or methods concerning development economics within economics, finance and decision science.
- Research using theoretical, econometric, statistical, experimental, financial or decision-analytic methods suited to the question to examine a defined problem in development economics.
- Comparative, interdisciplinary or applied studies connecting development economics with broader questions in economics, finance and decision science, when the section’s scholarly contribution is explicit.
Scope boundary
Submissions that mention development economics but do not make a substantive contribution, use methods appropriate to the question or support conclusions with suitable evidence fall outside this section’s scope.
Editorial assessment
Once the journal opens, a qualified editor will assess section fit and, where appropriate, coordinate independent peer review. Editors will make decisions under the journal’s published review and ethics policies.