If you are interested in antitrust law, economic regulation, or industrial organization, we invite you to submit your work to CeCo UAI. Below, we outline our editorial rules.
What types of works do we receive?
We accept unpublished drafts of research papers (approx. 5,000 words) and opinion columns (approx. 1,500 words). We receive works both in english and spanish.
The work can refer to: a recent antitrust case; a new regulation or draft regulation related to free competition and/or economic regulation; new developments in antitrust or regulation; we also accept works generally related to any relevant milestone in these areas.
How do I submit the work?
You must send it to the email centrocompetencia@uai.cl. In the subject, please state: “Submission of work for publication in CeCo”.
What is the review process?
The works will be reviewed, declared admissible, and edited by CeCo’s editorial team. CeCo reserves the right to declare a work inadmissible.
Usually, CeCo receives multiple works for review. Therefore, in some cases, the review process may take several weeks.
What are the formal requirements?
Research papers:
Document requirements:
- It must be both descriptive and evaluative.
- Length: 5,000 words (this is both the minimum and maximum). However, qualified requests for length adjustments are accepted.
- If graphics or tables are used, in addition to including them in the Word document, they must be sent in a PowerPoint presentation (as an attached file).
- It must be well-written, without spelling errors, with clear, non-redundant, and direct language. The use of concrete examples and real data is highly encouraged (and increases the chances of publication).
- To see an example of the final product: Antitrust and Democracy.
- Footnotes must follow the CeCo References Guide format.
Things to include in the submission email:
- A personal photo and a short biography (no more than 30 words). If there are multiple authors, this must be provided for all co-authors.
- An abstract or summary of the article (no more than 120 words).
- The most representative phrase from the article or one the author would like to highlight on the website and social media.
- If the author has a conflict of interest related to the subject or case discussed in the article, this must be disclosed in the first footnote of the text. Any questions regarding conflicts of interest should be indicated in the email submitting the work (see the conflicts of interest policy below).
Opinion Column:
Document requirements:
- Columns must be primarily argumentative. In this sense, focusing on describing the topic is not crucial. Its length must be between 1,500-1,800 words (qualified extension requests are accepted).
- It should not have footnotes, only hyperlinks inserted into the text. Example: “…acquiring banks may use a switch different from Transbank to route their transactions with issuing banks (Bucher and Fantoni, 2023).”
- It must be well-written, without spelling errors, with clear, non-redundant, and direct language. The use of concrete examples is highly encouraged.
- Example of a published product: “Navigating Antitrust in Transatlantic Trade: International Cooperation and Compliance Challenges for Businesses“.
Things to include in the submission email:
- A personal photo and a short biography (no more than 30 words). If there are multiple authors, this must be provided for all co-authors.
- The most representative phrase from the column, which the author would like to highlight on the website and social media.
- If the author has a conflict of interest related to the subject or case discussed in the article, this must be declared in the first footnote of the text. Any questions regarding conflicts of interest should be indicated in the email submitting the work (see the conflicts of interest policy below).
Intellectual Property License
By submitting your research article or column, the author (or co-authors) authorizes Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez to reproduce (in whole or in part), edit, and communicate the document to the public through the website www.centrocompetencia.com, indefinitely. All of the above, in accordance with moral rights of authorship.
Additionally, the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez is authorized to use the document provided by the author to index it in search engines and incorporate it into databases for documentation organization and software development purposes.
What are the conflict of interest rules?
CeCo requires all authors submitting works for publication to declare any conflict of interest as specified in this policy.
A conflict of interest depends on the objective situation surrounding the author, not their personality or specific behavior. Therefore, authors must disclose any personal, professional, political, institutional, or other sort of association that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work. This means, inter alia, that:
- Authors must declare their institutional and/or corporate affiliations. However, if applicable, the author may add: “This publication only represents the author’s opinion and not that of their employer or any affiliated organizations.”
- Authors must disclose if their work was in any way funded by a third party, indicating the name of the funding entity (whether an individual or legal entity). This funding can be direct or indirect. For example, if the research or column is derived from a report paid for by a company, this must be declared, with the company’s name.
- Authors must declare if they have directly participated in the cases discussed in their column or research, either as a representative, advisor, or service provider for any party or third party involved in the case.
- Authors must declare if their employer (e.g., law firm or consultancy) has directly participated in the cases discussed in their column or research, even if the author did not participate in the case.
- Authors must disclose any relationship with an organization (such as non-profits, research centers, think tanks, consultancies, companies, or other entities) that may have an interest in the subject of their article and/or if they know that an organization they work for has received funding from interested parties.
If CeCo discovers a relevant conflict after accepting a submission, the omission of its mention may be grounds to revoke the acceptance, not publish, or withdraw the content.