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Aims and Scope of Journal
Target Groups
Editorial Board
Executive Editor
Advisory Editors
Associate Editors
Assistant Editor
Publication of Manuscripts
Copyright
This
first volume of the African Finance Journal was
sponsored by Standard Equities
and was published at the end of October 1999. Vol
1 Part 1 1999 - PDF
The African Finance Journal
(AFA) will publish significant new research in finance and will
strive to establish a balance between theoretical and empirical
studies. The AFA is devoted primarily to the study and promotion
of knowledge about finance relevant to development in Africa.
It also aims to promote investment and economic integration within
the continent.
Papers written in any areas
of Finance, Accounting and Economics will be considered for publication.
The principal criteria for
inclusion are a paper's quality and contribution to the field
of Finance, Accounting and Economics, without undue regard to
its technical content. The target groups are academics, students,
corporations, governments, NGOs and other policy makers.
The Journal will be sponsored
by the African Finance Academy and all AFA members
will receive copies of the journal free of charge. The journal
will be published three times a year (January, May and September).
Subscribers will automatically become members of the African Finance
Association.
Aims
and Scope of Journal:
The African Finance Journal
is published twice a year and edited at Africagrowth Research,
South Africa. It is published jointly by the African Finance Academy
(AFA) and Africagrowth Research. The journal publishes significant
new research in finance and strive to establish a balance between
theoretical and empirical studies. Papers written in any areas
of Finance, Accounting and Economics relevant to Africa and other
emerging markets, will be considered for publication. The principal
criteria for inclusion are a paper's quality and contribution
to the field of Finance, Accounting and Economics without undue
regard to its technical content.
Target
groups are:
academics, corporations, governments,
NGOs, students and other policy makers.
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The editorial board consists
of Dr Nicholas Biekpe as executive editor and 27 well-known academics
from all over the world as advisory and associate editors. The
first journal was published in 1999 and currently the African
Finance Journal appears twice a year. The publication is also
hosted on the Business Intelligence Service of I-Net Bridge of
Sabinet.
Executive
Editor:
Nicholas Biekpe
Africa Centre for Investment Analysis
University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Co-Editors:
Melvin Ayogu
School of Economics,
University of Cape Town
Menzie D. Chinn
Department of Economics
University of California, Santa Cruz (USA)
Advisory Editors:
Colin Firer
University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Lemma Senbet
University of Maryland (USA)
Campbell Harvey
Duke University, Durham (USA)
Eon Smit
University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)
Michael Moore
The Queen's University of Belfast (UK)
Donal McKillop
The Queen's University of Belfast (U.K.)
Associate Editors:
Kwame A.Q. Aboagye (Univ.
of Ghana) Ghana
S. Matadeen (Univ. of Mauritius) Mauritius
Richard U. Agesa (N-Carolina A&T State Univ.) USA
Kennedy Mbekeani (BIDPA) Botswana
Clairette Ah-Hen (Univ. of Mauritius) Mauritius
Markus J. Milne (Univ. of Otago) New Zealand
Joe Amoako-Tuffour (St. Francis Xavier Univ.) Canada
Samuel K. Andoh (S-Connecticut State Univ.) USA
Kwaku K. Opong (Univ. of Ulster) UK
Isaac Otchere (Univ. of Melbourne) Australia
Peter Dunne (The Queen's Univ. of Belfast) UK
Stephen Owusu-Ansah (Univ. of Texas-Pan Am) USA
Lim Kian-Guan (National Univ. of Singapore) Singapore
Peter B. Oyelere (Sultan Qaboos University) Oman
Lui Ming Hua (Nanyang Technological Univ.) Singapore
Ser-Huang Poon (Univ. of Strathclyde) UK
Tan Kok Hui (Nanyang Technological Univ.) Singapore
Robert Yaansah (Univ. of Saskatchewan) Canada
Michael Kevane (Santa Clara Univ.) USA
Kojo Menyah (London Metropolitan University)
Rose Ngugi (Univ of Nairobi), Kenya
Andre Roux (Univ of Stellenbosch) South Africa
Charles Awasu (Nyack College) USA
Kenneth Mwenda (The World Bank) USA
Narayana Swami Bonu (Univ of Botswana) Botswana
Oludele Akinboade (Univ. of South Africa) South Africa
Joshua Abor (Univ of Ghana)
Ghana
Charles Adjasi (Univ of Ghana)
Ghana
Assistant
Editor:
Dina Potgieter, Africagrowth Academy, Africagrowth Research, South
Africa
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Publication
of Manuscripts
Manuscript preparation (Guidelines
for Contributors)
(1) Manuscripts
should be typewritten using double-spacing throughout, including
tables, references, and footnotes. Assemble sections in the following
order
Title page (Separate Page)
Abstract (Separate Page)
Text (Including Tables & Figures)
References
Appendix
(2) Three single-sided copies
should be sent to the Executive Editor, African Finance Journal,
Africagrowth Research, P.O. Box 3628, Tygervalley, 7536, South
Africa.
Or
One electronic copy in Microsoft
Word Format should be sent to the Assistant Editor:
dina@africagrowth.com
(3) The Title page
should include the name(s) of the author(s), and institutional
affiliation for each author. It should also include name, address,
telephone number and email of the author responsible for correspondence,
as well as the name, address of the author to whom requests for
reprints should be sent.
(4) Each article should include
an Abstract of no more than 100 words, beginning
on a separate page. The text should also begin on a separate page.
The first numbered section should follow the Abstract
of the article.
Footnotes
should be kept to a minimum and placed at the bottom of the page
on which they are cited. Do not number author affiliations or
acknowledgements of support or assistance.
(5) Tables and Figures
should be placed on the page on which it is first referred to
or as close as possible to such page and should be numbered sequentially
with Arabic numerals. Each should be designed to fit on a page
without undue compression. Authors may use a “landscape”
page setup for tables.
It should be as self-explanatory as possible, incorporating any
necessary descriptive material in an unnumbered footnote.
Tables -
The table number and heading are displayed above the table,
in bold typed and left aligned.
Figures -
All explanatory material should be included in the legend and
not in the figure itself. The figure number and heading are displayed
below the figure, in bold typed and left aligned.
(6) Headings are numbered
and formatted as follows:
1. MAIN HEADING (bold)
1.1 Sub Heading (bold)
1.1.1 Minor Heading (italics)
(7) References: the Harvard
method must be used, namely short references in the text and more
detailed references arranged in alphabetical order at the end
of the manuscript (follow the guidelines below).
References in the
text: Omit the page numbers if the entire publication
is referred to (Cane, 1980); or … according to Cane (1987b).
If a quotation is cited, (Abraham, 1985: 2).
The list of references
should be double-spaced, in unnumbered alphabetical format and
should begin on a new page.
Hakansson, N. (1979): "A
Characterization of Optimal Multiperiod Portfolio Policies",
in Portfolio Theory, 25 Years After: Essays in Honor of Harry
Markowitz, eds. E. Elton and
M. Gruber Amsterdam: North-Holland, pp. 169-177
Gibbons, M. R., Ross, S. A.
and Shanken, J. (1989): “A Test of the Efficiency of a Given
Portfolio” Econometrica, 57(4), pp.1121-1152.
Merton, R. C. (1990): Continuous-Time
Finance. Cambridge: Basil Blackwell.
Norton, C. (2000): “African
Capital Market: The way forward”, Working Paper, the University
of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication
in the journal that authors assign copyright to the African Finance
Association. This ensures that requests from third parties to
reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and
will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible.
In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in
other publications provided that the journal is acknowledged as
the original place of publication.
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