BibTeX style file for economics.
[Note] If you are a Japanese TeX user, see this page.
Page Contents
Main features of econ.bst.
- Bibliography (reference) style for economics.
- The author-year citation style when combined with natbib.sty.
- Highly customizable. The key feature of econ.bst.
Requisites and notes
- econ.bst requires natbib.sty (or harvard.sty).
- You may need to change the character code of econ.bst according to your PC setting.
Download
Download the following zip file. econ.bst is included in it.- econ_1.2.zip --- 2008-12-20
econ_bst_display_content.html.
Changelog
Ver. 1.2 (2008-12-22)
- When there are successive periods and commas (for example, ".,", "..", ",," etc.), the second one is removed. In the previous jecon.bst, it is difficult to use period and comma as delimiters at the same time because it often causes problems such as successive commas and periods. The new jecon.bst removes the second period or comma if there are successive periods and commas.
- Added new function `bst.and.others.num'. Author names in the citation part are abbreviated by et al. if the number of authors is greater or equal to bst.and.others.num.
Ver. 1.1 (2008-11-17)
- Added new functions: `bst.sort.year', `bst.and.others', `bst.cite.and' and `bst.cite.ands'.
- Corrected typos.
Ver. 1.0 (2007-11-20)
- The initial release.
Customization
econ.bst defines functions which have names like bst.xxx.yyy. You can easily customize bibliography style by changing contents of these functions. For the details, see the first part of econ.bst.
Exmaples of customization:
- The file created by the default econ.bst -> econ_default.pdf
- econ_a.bst (simple style) -> econ_a.pdf
- econ_b.bst (much decoration) -> econ_b.pdf
- econ_no_sort.bst (listed in citation order) -> econ_no_sort.pdf
All bst files above are basically the same as econ.bst except that contents of functions bst.xxx.yyy are changed. econ_a.bst, econ_b.bst and econ_no_sort.bst are included in the above zip file.
Older versions
- econ_1.1.zip --- 2008-11-17
- econ_1.0.zip --- 2007-11-20
Link
- Various bst files for economics in CTAN.
- Using BibTeX: a short guide by Martin J. Osborne.