ier-submission
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SKILL.md
Submission Preflight (ier-submission)
When to trigger
- "Submitting tomorrow" — last check before uploading to the IER portal
- Unsure which files, fee, and format the IER submission expects
- Confirming the manuscript is within the page limit and conforms to house style
- Deciding whether proprietary data require notifying the Editor now (it does — at submission)
Process facts (检索于 2026-06；editor + US$150 fee re-verified 2026-06-22；以官网为准)
- IER is owned by the University of Pennsylvania Department of Economics and Osaka University's Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), published with Wiley; founded 1960 as a forum for modern quantitative economics. It appears five times a year (Feb, May, Aug, Oct, Dec). Editor (re-verified 2026-06-22): Dirk Krueger (Penn); Co-editor Masaki Aoyagi (Osaka, ISER) — re-verify before naming in a cover letter.
- Portal: submission is through Editorial Express (editorialexpress.com/ier) — not ScholarOne/Manuscript Central. Verify the live link before submitting.
- Submission fee: US$150 (or ¥15,000), payable at submission. The manuscript is not reviewed until the fee is received. No student waiver is stated on the page (待核实).
- Length: not more than 50 pages, single-sided, double-spaced. Manuscripts must conform to the style guidelines (available on request from the editorial office).
- Copyright: assignment to the University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University is a publication condition.
- Data policy: the AER data availability policy (effective Jan 1, 2022) applies; deposit is post-acceptance, but proprietary or restricted data must be flagged to the Editor at the time of submission.
- Peer review model, exact abstract limit, and reference style are 待核实 — confirm in the style guidelines / official pages before relying on them.
- Open Access is optional at acceptance with an article processing charge (Wiley lists it around US$3,570 / £2,330 / €3,010; verify the current amount — 检索于 2026-06；以官网为准). This APC is separate from and additional to the US$150 submission fee; do not conflate them.