Economics Development (Ecdev) adheres to the highest standards of publication ethics to ensure the integrity and quality of the research published. All parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, are expected to adhere to the following ethical guidelines:

Responsibilities of Authors

1. Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is original and free from plagiarism. Proper citations and references must be provided for all sources used.
2. Reporting Standards: Authors must present an accurate account of their research and provide an objective discussion of its significance. Data should be represented truthfully and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation.
3. Multiple Submissions: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. Submitting the same research to multiple journals is unethical and unacceptable.
4. Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
5. Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.
6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
7. Fundamental Errors in Published Works: If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Responsibilities of Editors

1. Publication Decisions: The editors are responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal will be published. The decision should be based on the paper’s importance, originality, and clarity, and the study’s relevance to the journal’s scope.
2. Fair Play: The editors must evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
3. Confidentiality: The editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher.
4. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer reviewers assist the editors in making editorial decisions and may also assist the author in improving the paper through constructive criticism.
2. Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
3. Confidentiality: Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.
4. Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
5. Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. Reviewers should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.