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The entry, with a minimum length of 5,000 characters (including spaces), must be written in accordance with certain requirements described below.
First, the entry must possess the following characteristics:
- Relevance: the entry must be relevant to the purpose of the encyclopedia, i.e., pertaining to banking-financial topics. More specifically, the entry must belong to at least one of the following subject areas of interest: Financial system, Financial intermediation, Financial instruments and markets, Payment system and services, Fintech, Sustainability, Corporate finance, Regulation and supervision, and Monetary policy.
- Neutrality: the entry should be written impartially, without containing opinions or judgments; the text should not promote or denigrate aspects related to the content of the entry.
- Verifiability: the entry must contain the bibliographic sources used for writing it, from which its content can be verified.
- Organization: the entry should have an essential text structure (abstract - introduction - content - conclusion - bibliography) .
The entry should be written in word or pdf format, in Italian or English; it should also have a title specifying the content and the name of the author(s) along with the year of writing.
Finally, please indicate a maximum of three subject areas to which you believe the entry belongs from those listed above (Financial System, Financial Intermediation, Financial Instruments and Markets, Payment System and Services, Fintech, Sustainability, Corporate Finance, Regulation and Supervision, and Monetary Policy) and it is suggested that you follow the additional editorial guidelines listed below:
- References to other entries in Bankpedia are strongly recommended and should be indicated by the name of the entry and placed in square brackets - e.g., [see Bankpedia entry: Inflation].
- Graphs and tables can be inserted into the text.
- Bibliographical references in the text should preferably be given with the name of the author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses--e.g., Stiglitz and Weiss (1981)--and referred to in the bibliography at the end of the entry--e.g., Stiglitz, J. E., and Weiss, A. (1981). Credit rationing in markets with imperfect information. The American economic review, 71(3), 393-410.
- Any hyperlinks to external publications and references to websites can be included in the text if limited, otherwise it is preferable to list them in the bibliography.