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Journal of Public Finance, Urban, and Regional Economics (JPURE) is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal published quaterly by CIPHER Foundation. The journal provides an academic platform for researchers, lecturers, policymakers, practitioners, and public-sector professionals to disseminate high-quality research on public finance, fiscal policy, urban economics, regional economics, spatial development, local government finance, public investment, infrastructure financing, property taxation, land value capture, and public asset governance.

JPURE is established to strengthen interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of public finance, urban studies, regional economics, spatial governance, and sustainable development. The journal welcomes conceptual, empirical, methodological, and policy-oriented manuscripts that examine how fiscal instruments, public expenditure, local revenue, infrastructure investment, urbanization, regional policy, land and property systems, and governance arrangements shape economic growth, social welfare, spatial equity, institutional quality, and inclusive development.

Focus and Scope

JPURE welcomes manuscripts in, but not limited to, the following areas:

  • Public finance, fiscal policy, public expenditure, and public revenue;
  • Local government finance, fiscal decentralization, intergovernmental transfers, and regional fiscal capacity;
  • Urban economics, urban transformation, housing, infrastructure, and metropolitan governance;
  • Regional economics, spatial inequality, local economic development, and territorial competitiveness;
  • Public investment, infrastructure finance, public-private partnerships, and land-based financing;
  • Property taxation, land value capture, land value formation, and valuation governance;
  • Public asset management, state and local government assets, and asset optimization;
  • Spatial planning, land use policy, compact city development, and regional connectivity;
  • Geospatial analysis, spatial econometrics, urban analytics, and data-driven public policy;
  • Sustainable urban and regional development, climate-resilient cities, spatial justice, and inclusive economic growth;
  • Comparative studies on public finance, urban development, and regional economic transformation in Indonesia, Asia, and other global contexts.

Open Access Policy

JPURE provides immediate open access to its published content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater exchange of knowledge, evidence, and policy learning. Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of published articles, subject to the applicable copyright and licensing terms stated by the journal.

Peer Review Process

All submitted manuscripts undergo an editorial screening process to assess their relevance to the journal’s focus and scope, originality, academic quality, methodological rigor, and compliance with the author guidelines. Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are reviewed by qualified reviewers with relevant expertise. The journal is committed to maintaining a fair, objective, constructive, and academically rigorous peer review process.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain the copyright of their published work while granting JPURE the right of first publication. Published articles may be distributed and reused in accordance with the journal’s stated license. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are original, properly cited, and do not infringe upon the rights of third parties.

Publication Ethics

JPURE is committed to upholding high standards of publication ethics. Authors, editors, and reviewers are expected to follow principles of academic integrity, transparency, objectivity, confidentiality, and avoidance of conflicts of interest. The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplicate submission, inappropriate authorship, or other forms of academic misconduct.

Sponsorship and Publisher

JPURE is published by CIPHER Foundation, an independent research foundation concerned with public finance, property, humanity, economics, urban and regional development, public policy, valuation, asset governance, and evidence-based knowledge production. The journal is managed as part of CIPHER Foundation’s commitment to advancing rigorous scholarship and policy-relevant research.

Archiving Policy

JPURE encourages long-term digital preservation of published content. Where available, the journal may participate in recognized digital preservation systems such as LOCKKS or CLOCKSS, institutional repositories, indexing platforms, and other archival mechanisms to ensure the accessibility and durability of published scholarly works.

Privacy Statement

The names, email addresses, affiliations, and other personal information entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party, except as required for editorial management, peer review, publication, indexing, and legal or ethical compliance.