A Guide for the Young Economist 年轻的经济学家 指南
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作者： William Thomson著
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出版时间： 2001-1-1字数：版次： 1页数： 118印刷时间： 2001/01/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780262700795包装： 平装内容简介
This book is an invaluable guide for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first presentations at conferences and job seminars, or facing their first refereeing assignments. In clear, concise language--a model for what he advocates--William Thomson shows how to make written and oral presentations both inviting and efficient. Thomson covers the basics of clear exposition, including such nuts-and-bolts topics as titling papers, writing abstracts, presenting research results, and holding an audience's attention.
目录
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Writing Papers
1 General Principles
1.1 Write So That You Will Not Have to Be Read
1.2 Don't Forget How You Made Your Discoveries
1.3 Don't Forget Your Errors
1.4 Demonstrate the Originality and Significance of Your Contribution
1.5 Understand the Function of Each Component of Your Paper
1.6 In the Literature Review, Tell a Story---Don't Enumerate
2 Notation
2.1 Learn LATEX or a Related Program
2.2 Choose Easily Recognizable Notation
2.3 Choose Mnemonic Abbreviations for Assumptions and Properties
2.4 Use Only Notation You Can Easily Pronounce or Draw on the Board
2.5 Don't Introduce Notation You Will Use Only Once or Twice
2.6 Respect the Hierarchy of the Different Parts of a Paper
2.7 Choose Notation Resulting in Uncluttered Mathematical Expressions
3 Definitions
3.1 Don't Assume Readers' Familiarity with Your Terms and Definitions
3.2 Make It Clear When You Are Defining a New Term
3.3 Indicate the Kind of Mathematical Object Each New Notation Designates
3.4 Give Examples Illustrating Novel Definitions
3.5 Separate Formal Definitions from Interpretations
3.6 Present Basic Concepts in Their Full Generality
3.7 Write in Logical Sequences
3.8 Don't Collapse Two or Three Similar Statements into One
3.9 When Defining a Concept, Indicate What It Depends on
3.10 Be Unambiguous and Consistent in Quantifications
3.11 Don't Use Different Terms or Phrases for the Same Concept
3.12 Name Concepts Carefully
3.13 Avoid Unnecessary Technical Jargon
3.14 Challenge Dominant But Inadequate Terminology and Usage
3.15 Use Technical Terms Correctly
3.16 Clean Up Your Text
4 Models
4.1 Understand the Role of Models
4.2 Introduce Your Model by Moving from Infrastructure to Superstructure
4.3 Avoid Long Sentences
4.4 Redundancy Is Useful, But Don't Overdo It
4.5 Don't Be Shy About Explaining Very Simple Things
4.6 Beware the Apparent Simplicity of Numerical Examples
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5 Theorems and Proofs
6 Use Pictures
7 Conclusion
8 Related Literature
Chaptr 2 Giving Talks
1 How Is an Oral Presentation Different from a Paper? How Is It the Same?
2 Preparing Yourself
3 Facing the Audience
4 Interacting with the Audience
5 Transparencies
6 Proofs?
7 Writing on the Board
8 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Writing Referee Reports
1 Components of a Report
2 Distinguish between Nonnegotiable Requests and Suggestions for Changes
3 Evaluating Revisions
4 Length and Style of the Report
5 The Cover Letter
6 General Recommendations
7 Deciding Whether to Accept a Refereeing Job
8 Benefits to You of Your Refereeing Work
