A History of Econometrics:


     The Challenge of Remaining


                      Relevant

      Looking Back, with the Future in Mind

Editors:
Laszlo Matyas &
Alain Pirotte


Instructions for Authors


Target Audience

The general economics, econometrics and statistics community, including researchers and graduate students.

General Requests

Each chapter should be self-contained (many readers are likely to only read a few chapters), taking into account the title(s) of the volume:
i) The challenge of remaining relevant; why some methods and models aged well and some less so. Hopefully, the volume will uncover the reasons behind this together with the lessons that can be learned and what implications this may have on future research and applications.
ii) Also, please have the likely/possible/etc. future developments in mind, of course, as far as possible.
iii) Please remember this is not a textbook or a handbook, so no need for too many technical details, appropriate references will do.
iv) Some limited overlap between the chapters is acceptable (even desirable for better understanding), we will try to "optimize" this during the final iteration process.

Typesetting

We are preparing a camera-ready manuscript. Please use LaTeX the macro provided by the publisher and your assigned Overleaf directory.

Timeline

First draft of each chapter on Overleaf: by June 15, 2026
Final version of all chapters on Overleaf: by December 1, 2026
The aim is to have the volume published by Spring 2027

Notation

Whenever possible please use the standard econometrics notation. When this is not feasible please make sure that those accustomed to the notations used in econometrics can easily understand it.

Language

You can use English or American spelling, but it must be consistent within a chapter.

Expected average chapter length

About 30-35 pages with a maximum length of 40 pages. (Measured in LaTeX output pages, based on the macro provided by the publisher). If you feel that you need more pages, please contact the editors.

Other minor, but important issues

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  • Please, as shown on the Example file on Overleaf, use the appropriate \citeA{...}, \citeNP{...}, etc. codes for the cites.
  • Do not use in any places fonts smaller than 8pts
  • Quotation marks: Please use double quotation marks (``....'') only when directly citing somebody, otherwise use single ones (`....').
  • Use of abbreviation: other than the obvious ones, please define them when first used.
  • A chapter has Sections (1.2, 1.2.3, etc. are all Sections) and no sub-chapters or parts.
  • When making direct reference to a web-site (e.g., www.xxx.zzz... or htpps:....) it should be dealt with as a reference: the address should be in the reference list (very important for the ebook).
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  • All `normal' words in a section title must start with a cap.