Timeline and Instructions for Submissions

Instructions for Submissions 

Paper development sessions are targeted at junior faculty, PhD candidates, and advanced master students. The main objective of the workshop is to provide a supportive setting where participants can receive feedback on current research projects and network with scholars.

Papers may address the following topics:

• Contracts and public and non-profit organizations
• Contract farming
• Relational contracts
• The economics of contracts
• Contracts and Law & Economics
• Contracts and Organizations

Submission process

We invite only original research papers. Participation in the workshop will be limited and participants will be invited based on the quality of their submitted work. The submission should be in the form of a proposal. All texts must be written in English.

Proposals must be submitted by September 30, 2021.

Blind Review Process

To preserve anonymity, author names should NOT be identified in the paper.

All proposals will be assessed through a double-blind peer review system prior to acceptance.

Final paper submission

Paper format 

– Paper size: A4;
– Letter: Times New Roman/ tamanho 12;
– Single space – one column;
– Justify alignment;
– Margins – top: 3 cm; bottom: 2 cm; left: 3 cm; right: 2 cm.
– Page numbering in right and bottom;
– Heading in capital letters and subheading in small letters;
– Format – PDF;
– Maximum of 16 pages, including text, illustrations and references.

– Endnotes should be used only if absolutely necessary and must be identified in the end of the text by consecutive numbers,
– Reference style: APA or ABNT/NBR-6023

Suggested structure of the paper

– Introduction

– Research problem and objectives

– Theoretical approach

– Methodology

– Results analysis

– Conclusion

– References