In submission guidelines for Springer economic journals it is typically written that "We recommend using Springer Nature's LaTeX template". But in the template itself you can choose among different document classes:
\documentclass[pdflatex,sn-mathphys]{sn-jnl}% Math and Physical Sciences Reference Style
%%\documentclass[sn-aps]{sn-jnl}% American Physical Society (APS) Reference Style
%%\documentclass[sn-vancouver]{sn-jnl}% Vancouver Reference Style
What of these document classes is preferable for economic journals, if any?
sn-jnl
option is the one they're suggesting.