Submission Guidelines

The Davidson Institute encourages researchers to share their findings in the areas of emerging markets through the William Davidson Institute Working Paper Series. This is the only working paper series in North America to focus exclusively on business economic and policy issues in emerging markets. The Davidson Institute Working Paper Series are top ranked worldwide in terms of downloads.

Prior to electronically submitting your working paper (click here to submit your paper online), please make sure that you have checked all of the following:

1. We require a Word version to facilitate formatting of the paper by Institute staff. Once formatted, files are posted to the web site in PDF only.
2. Make sure the title page is complete with contact information for author(s).
3. Submit up to 5 keywords. If applicable, the list should include the general research area (e.g. finance, labor, etc.) and the country or geographical region (e.g. Russia, Eastern Europe, etc.) studied. These words are used by the search engine to help others locate pertinent papers.
4. Paper should include both an abstract (approximately 100 words) and a non-technical summary (1-2 pages).

Papers written by authors who are not WDI Research Fellows will need to be reviewed for acceptance.

Papers or questions concerning papers should be directed to wdiwp@bus.umich.edu.

NOTE: The William Davidson Institute may publish the working paper material you submit in whole or in part, individually or as a part of compilation, in hard copy or electronic means, in any language, worldwide, as part of its research and educational mission, without royalty or compensation to you. This permission is granted on a non-exclusive basis, and you retain copyright to these materials. If the Davidson Institute substantially edits or alters the paper for its publishing needs, it will seek approval for these changes. Such approval will not necessarily be sought, and authorship credit will not necessarily be given, if WDI merely summarizes some of your conclusions as part of a broader "lessons learned" document.