General ⇒ Standardized format for academic papers in finance?

[Fredande]

Many academic papers in finance use the exact same formatting. I like its simplicity and prefer it to the default format in MS Word, therefore I'd like to know how to go about to obtain the exact same format.

Examples:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm? ... id=1081337 (One-Click Download)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm? ... id=1399323 (One-Click Download)

What I am wondering:
1. Is there a standardized template one can use to get the same format on regular text, headings, table of contens, equations etc.?
2. What is the name of the exact font?
3. Is it the same font that's used throughout both of the papers?
4. Could these papers possibly have been written in a different program than MS Word?


Thanks!

[localghost]

[…] 1. Is there a standardized template one can use to get the same format on regular text, headings, table of contens, equations etc.? […]

Both documents are a simple LaTeX document written with the »article« class. See code sample below.

[…] 2. What is the name of the exact font? […]

Computer Modern (CM), the standard LaTeX font.

[…] 3. Is it the same font that's used throughout both of the papers? […]

Yes.

[…] 4. Could these papers possibly have been written in a different program than MS Word? […]

They are done with LaTeX (see above). The code below is a basic structure for reproduction.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\title{An $n$-Dimensional Markov-functional Interest Rate Model}
\author{%
  Linus Kaisajuntti\thanks{Financial support from the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius foundation is gratefully acknowledged}\\
  \small Department of Finance\\
  \small Stockholm School of Economics \\
  \small\texttt{email.address@hhs.se}
  \and
  Joanne Kennedy\\
  \small Department of Statistics\\
  \small University of Warwick\\
  \small\texttt{email.address@warwick.ac.uk}
}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle

  \begin{abstract}
    \blindtext
  \end{abstract}
  \newpage

  \tableofcontents\newpage
  \blinddocument
\end{document}

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten