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1、AGuidetoWritinginEconomicsPreparedbyPaulDudenhefer,WritingTutor,EcoTeachCenterandDepartmentofEconomics,DukeUniversityDecember2009©PaulDudenheferAGuidetoWritinginEconomicsPreparedbyPaulDudenhefer,WritingTutor,EcoTeachCenterandDepartmentofEconomics,DukeUni
2、versityIntroduction5PartI:WritingItself1.WritingIsThinking72.WritingaPaper—aGoodPaper83.ThePaperasaWhole114.SixPrinciplesofClear,Cohesive,andCoherentWriting12PartII:ResearchingEconomicTopics5.FindingaNicheandMakingaContribution216.LocatingandGettingaHand
3、leontheSecondaryLiterature237.MakingEconomicArguments26PartIII:GenresofEconomicsWriting8.EmpiricalPapers299.TheoreticalPapers3010.EconomicHistoryPapers3111.History-of-ThoughtPapers3212.LiteratureReviews3213.HandbookandEncyclopediaEntries33214.BookReviews
4、3315.FreakonomicsandtheLike3316.Textbooks34PartIV:WritingEconomics17.TheEmpiricalEconomicsPaper3517a.TheOrganizationandCompositionofEmpiricalPapers3517b.DescribingYourDataandTheirSources3617c.DescribingYourModel3717d.DescribingYourEstimationMethodsandTec
5、hniques4017e.Reporting—andInterpreting—YourResults4218.WritingIntroductions4619.WritingtheConclusion5120.WritingtheAbstract5221.DesigningTables5322.WritingLiteratureReviews5523.WritingHistory-of-ThoughtPapers5824.WritingBookReviews6125.WritingaboutNumber
6、s62PartV:FinalWords65FurtherReading66Appendix:AnnotatedTable34IntroductionWhenItellpeopleIwasforseveralyearsthewritingtutorforaneconomicsdepartment,Iamusuallymetwithasurprisedreaction.Andwhynot?MostpeopleassociatewritingwithEnglishdepartmentsand,onlytoas
7、lightlylesserextent,withtheotherdisciplinesinthehumanities;theydonotnormallyassociatewritingwitheconomicsandtheothersciences.Youmaybeoneofthem.Youmaybeaskingyourself,Whatdoeswritinghavetodowitheconomics?Well,alot,asitturnsout.Economists,asmuchorevenmoret
8、hanotherscholarsandanalysts,write.Althoughwemaythinkofeconomicsasinvolvingproblemsetsormathematics,thefactremainsthattheresultsofeconomicresearchare“writtenup.”Economicsarticles,especiallyempiricalpapers,consistmainlyoftex
