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Questions and answers on ECGI Working Paper Series
Q How are are the Working Papers published?
A They are published electronically via http://www.ecgi.org/wp and on the SSRN. They can be downloaded free of charge.
Q How are papers submitted to the ECGI for possible inclusion in the Working Paper Series?
A The series is by invitation only. ECGI Research members should email their paper to wp@ecgi.org. For further information, see details in the section of this website which contains information for the exclusive use of ECGI Research members.
Q What happens when a paper has been accepted for inclusion in the Working Paper Series?
A The ECGI working paper Editorial Assistants (email: wp@ecgi.org) will check the paper received and add cover pages in ECGI format. The ECGI formatted paper will be sent to the authors for approval before publication.
Q How is the paper published on the SSRN?
A

The formatted paper is submitted to SSRN by ECGI. One of three things will then happen:

either A:
 if the paper is not on the SSRN server already, the ECGI formatted paper will be added to the SSRN collection as a separate entry. See example.
   
or B:

if a "mimeo" version is on the server it will be replaced by the ECGI paper. See example (the ECGI paper replaced the older EFA conference version).
   
or C:
 if a US Law School or another "generic" version is on the server, a reference to the ECGI paper is added to the front page of this paper and a hyperlink to the ECGI formatted paper that will, in this case, reside on the ECGI server.

If the author submits the paper to a series that has the same status as the ECGI series on SSRN (e.g. a US Law School series), the ECGI paper on the SSRN server will be replaced by a "generic" paper and the ECGI version of the paper will be moved to the ECGI server. The hyperlink to the ECGI paper on the ECGI server is displayed on the front page of the "generic" paper on SSRN.

Multiple submissions to the ECGI, the CEPR and NBER electronic series do not fall under (B) or (C) because the CEPR and NBER series are fee based.
Q How are new additions to the Working Paper Series announced?
A SSRN and ECGI will announce new additions to the ECGI working paper collections to their respective networks through their websites and RSS feeds (see the top of this page for the ECGI Working Paper series feed).