Checklist before submission: 

- The article is original and unpublished and is not being evaluated by another journal. 

- Authors and co-authors can have two articles in the submission or evaluation process at BJPE. 

- The authors read the instructions on Ethics and Conduct guidelines and the Guidelines of the journal. 

- The text file is in .doc or .docx format and without author identification. 

- The title makes sense, is brief and objective, keywords, and abstract are attractive and reflect the content of the article. 

- Length of the Article: A maximum of 8,000 words; Econometric Papers: 8,000 words; Review Articles: 9,000 words; Short Papers: 4,000 words – for the complete text, including title, abstract, five keywords, tables, figures and references. For revised versions, there is a tolerance of 10% in total words. 

- The font used throughout the text is Times New Roman, size 12. Titles and subtitles are in bold. The text alignment must be: Justified and the line spacing: 1.5. The text does not have endnotes, only footnotes. Tables and figures must be analyzed/discussed and inserted in the end of the text (after the References), and if it is colored it has been transformed into gray or black tones. Throughout the text it is necessary to mention where they are to be inserted. The sources must be informed. 

- There is no identification of authorship in the text or in any document submitted by the author as a Supplemental File for Review. 

- Citations and references follow the rules of the Harvard style. 

- The Open Science Compliance Form has been filled and prepared for submission (must be attached as a Supplemental File) 

- In a separate file (must be attached as a Supplemental File)) 
- the authors’ data is provided: e-mail, institutional affiliation (main unit/subunit or department), city, state, and country; 
- the link to the individual ORCID page is informed; 
- the link to the individual CV Lattes page is informed (for Brazilians); 
- include research funding information; 

- declare at the time of manuscript submission whether any Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or Large Language Models were used for writing, producing images or graphic elements of the article, or in the collection and analysis of data. Additionally, state that after using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as necessary, assuming full responsibility for the publication's content. 

- declare the possibility or not of conflicts of interest in carrying out and communicating the research. A conflict of interest is any personal, intellectual, commercial, political, academic or financial issue. Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence their writing or evaluation of manuscripts. Read more: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest; 

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Further information or additional requests for information on the Manuscript Submission process should be sent to the Editorial Office: ceciliaheise46@gmail.com or bjpe@fgv.br