Citation style for Finance

Citing journal articles

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In-text

• ...according to Allen, Bernardo and Welch (2000) although... OR
• ...according to some researchers (Allen, Bernardo and Welch, 2000), although...

Reference list

Allen, Franklin, Antonio E. Bernardo, and Ivo Welch, 2000, A theory of dividends based on tax clienteles, Journal of Finance 55, 2499-2536.

1. Authors (followed by a comma): Allen, Franklin, Antonio E. Bernardo, and Ivo Welch,
   First author: surname, forename, other authors: forename surname.
2. Year of publication (followed by a comma): 2000,
3. Title - article (followed by a comma): A theory of dividends based on tax clienteles,
4. Title - journal, in italics: Journal of Finance
5. Volume number (followed by a comma): 55,
6. Page numbers (followed by a full-stop): 2499-2536.

Forthcoming Journal

In-text - as above.

Reference list

Baker, Malcolm, and Jeremy Stein, 2003, Market liquidity as a sentiment indicator, Journal of Financial Markets, forthcoming.

1. Authors (followed by a comma): Baker, Malcolm, and Jeremy Stein,
   First author: surname, forename, other authors: forename surname.
2. Year of publication (followed by a comma): 2003,
3. Title - article (followed by a comma): Market liquidity as a sentiment indicator,
4. Title - journal, in italics (followed by a comma): Journal of Financial Markets,
5. Qualifying information (followed by a full-stop): forthcoming.

Articles with same author/year

In-text - as above. See treatment of the date (below).

Reference list - first article

Carr, Peter, and Liuren Wu, 2003a, Finite moment log stable process and option pricing, Journal of Finance 58, 753-777.

1. Authors (followed by a comma): Carr, Peter, and Liuren Wu,
   First author: surname, forename, other authors: forename surname.
2. Year of publication with suffix 'a' (followed by a comma): 2003a,
3. Title - article (followed by a comma): Finite moment log stable process and option pricing,
4. Title - journal, in italics: Journal of Finance
5. Volume number (followed by a comma): 58,
6. Page numbers (followed by a full-stop): 753-777.

Reference list - next article

Carr, Peter, and Liuren Wu, 2003b, What type of process underlies options? A simple robust test, Journal of Finance 58, 2581-2610.

1. Authors (followed by a comma): Carr, Peter, and Liuren Wu,
   First author: surname, forename, other authors: forename surname.
2. Year of publication with suffix 'b' (followed by a comma): 2003b,
3. Title - article (followed by a comma): What type of process underlies options? A simple robust test,
4. Title - journal, in italics: Journal of Finance
5. Volume number (followed by a comma): 58,
6. Page numbers (followed by a full-stop): 2581-2610.