Efficient Market Hypothesis; Empirical Study
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Harvard_Style_Ed__1_1.pptxHarvard Formatting Style
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Title Page
Title page consists of paper title, student’s name, course, professor’s name, institution, its location, and date.
Title of the paper is UPPERCASE, regular type, not put in quotation marks.
Double spaced.
Header in the upper right-hand corner that includes shortened paper title (max. 50 characters), followed by a space with a page number.
Header is placed on all pages.
Page numbers are placed in the top right corner and start on the first page.
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Headings
Level 1
Centered, Regular Type, Capitalized.
Level 2
Flush Left, Italicized, Capitalized.
Level 3
Indented(0.5” from the left margin), italicized, lowercase.
In-Text Citing Rules
Author-Date Method
(Surname 2015, p.18)
*where 2015 is the year of publication, 18 – page number.
(Surname and Surname 2015, p.18)
*where 2015 is the year of publication, 18 – page number.
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In-text Citations
No comma between the author’s surname and year of publication.
If there are 2 and more authors, conjunction ‘and’ is used.
In-text citations have to correspond to the sources in the reference page.
The author's surname may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase.
Page numbers always follow ‘p.’.
Wordsworth (1987) stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (p. 263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 1987, p. 263).
Wordsworth (1987) extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (p. 263).
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More Citation Rules
Print Sources with a Known Author
Print Sources with an Unknown Author
shortened title of the work put in quotation marks (for short works)
or italicized (for longer works) + year of publication + page number.
We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has "more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . ." ("Impact of Global Warming" 2015, p. 6).
author’s surname + year of publication + page number preceded by ‘p.’.
Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 2015, p. 3).
author’s name in the sentence + year of publication and page number preceded by ‘p.’ (in brackets).
Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke (2015, p.18) as "symbol-using animals”.
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Work by Multiple Authors
Authors‘ last names in text or in parenthetical citation
Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is not needed in
the United States (2015, p. 76).
The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second
Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang and Moore 2015, p. 76).
First author’s surname + et al.
Legal experts counter Smith, Yang, and Moore's argument by noting that
the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust
gun laws (Jones et al. 2015, p. 4).
More Citation Rules
Electronic Sources
Author(s)’ surname(s) + year of creation (page number is not required)
One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo is "...a beautiful and terrifying
critique of obsession and colonialism" (Garcia 2015).
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Quotations
Taken in single quotation marks (however, if the paper is submitted to TurnItIn.com, it is important to use double quotation marks).
Quotations longer than 25 words are formatted as block quotations.
Short quotations are enclosed in inverted commas.
Long quotations are indented 0.5” from the left margin.
There are spaces above and below long quotations.
Long quotation:
Short quotation:
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References
Placed on a separate page at the end of the paper.
One-inch margins.
Page number and header as on the rest of pages.
Labelled ‘Reference’ (if there is 1 source used in the paper) and
‘References’ (if there are 2 and more) – centred, regular type,
without quotation marks.
Double-spaced (no extra spaces between the lines).
Sources are indented (0.5” hanging).
‘N.d.’ is used for the sources without a date.
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Book with One Author
Handy, C., 1994. The empty raincoat: making sense of the future. London: Hutchinson.
Book with More Than One Author
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A., 2003. Research methods for business students, 3rd edition. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.
Journal Article
Bosworth, D. and Yang, D., 2000. Intellectual property law, technology flow and licensing opportunities in China, International Business Review, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 453-477.
Referencing Rules
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Article in a Magazine
Rigby, R., 2005. Crossover consultants. Management Today, November 2005, pp.30-35.
Article in a Newspaper
Saigol, L., 2005. Gift shoppers set to spend £150m daily online. Financial Times, 12/12/2005, p.4.
More Referencing Rules
Web Page
Introna, L., Hayes, N., Blair, L. and Wood, E., 2003. Cultural attitudes towards plagiarism. [Online] Available at: http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/apppage.cgi?USERPAGE=7508 [Accessed 13/12/2005].
Introna, L., Hayes, N., Blair, L., and Wood, E. (2003). Cultural Attitudes Towards Plagiarism. [Online] Available at http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk/apppage.cgi?USERPAGE=7508 [Accessed 13/12/2005]
Government Publications
Office for National Statistics, 2000. Standard Occupational Classification Volume 2: The Coding Index. London: The Stationery Office.
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