List of Advice

This page collects useful lessons & advice for research in Economics.

(このページでは，経済学研究のアドバイスのリストを掲載しています)

Order of links is purely random

For whether going to Ph.D. program

国民経済雑誌の大学院進学特集 一例：(分野を問わないアドバイスのものを選びました)

• [大学院に行って経済学者になる(<特集>大学院で経済学を学 ぶ)](https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/kernel/E0041954/E0041954.pdf) by Prof. Miyagawa
• [経済学PhD留学について (<特集>大学院で経済学を学 ぶ)](https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/kernel/E0041959/E0041959.pdf) by Prof. Yamasaki
• [経済学は実践に役に立つ (<特集>大学院で経済学を 学ぶ)](https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/kernel/E0041952/E0041952.pdf) by Prof. Otsuka
• [経済学分野における海外大学院留学のススメ : 実践 的アドバイス (<特集>大学院で経済学を学ぶ)](https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/kernel/E0041958/E0041958.pdf)

For Presentations:

• Videos
  • The Ten Commandaments for How to Give a Seminar by Prof. Storesletten
• Lecture Sequence
  • Research & Writing Seminar I ECON 73010 by Prof. E. Sims
• Documents : Advice for Formal Presentations (e.g. seminar, job-talk, conference)
  • How to Give an Applied Micro Talk by Prof. Shapiro
  • Public Speaking for Academic Economists by Prof. Meager
  • Tips on how to avoid disaster in presentations by Prof.Piazzesi
• Documents : Advice for in-house presentations or brownbags
  • EC501 Development and Growth- PhD seminar by Professors in Development Economics at LSE
  • Rules for Presentations by Prof. Doepke
  • TIPS ON PREPARING FOR THE WORKSHOP by Prof. T. Kehoe
  • Michigan Reading Group Rules by Prof. Blanco
  • How To Give a Lunch Talk by Prof. Guren
• Documents written in Japanese
  • 理想のプレゼン by Prof. F. Hayashi
• SNS
  • プレゼンのコツ, プレゼンのコツ２, 滑舌(英語), 滑舌(日本語) by Prof. Igami
  • [セミナー報告のためのtips (<特集>大学院で経済学 を学ぶ)](https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/kernel/E0041956/E0041956.pdf) By Prof. Shimizu

For Writings:

• Writing Tips for Ph. D. Students by Prof. Cochrane

• The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper by Prof. Goldin and Prof. Katz

• Writing Economics A Guide for Harvard Economics Concentrators at Harvard Univ
• Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers by Prof. Nikolov

• From Manuscript to Publication: A Brief Guide for Economists by Prof. Creedy

• Written in Japanese
  • 論文の書き方について by Prof. F. Hayashi
  • いかにして英文雑誌に論文を掲載するか？(スライド) by Prof. Otsuka
  • いかにして英文雑誌に論文を掲載するか？(和論文) by Prof. Otsuka
  • [英語での政策論文の書き方 (<特集>大学院で経済学 を学ぶ)](https://da.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/da/kernel/E0041957/E0041957.pdf) by Prof. Miyazaki
• From Other Disciplines
  • Novelist Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper
  • Writing Mathematical Papers in English

For Latex Formatting (including Beamer)

• Mainly for Beamer
  • Tips + Tricks with Beamer for Economists
  • (Math) Fonts with Beamer
  • Beamer Theme Matrix
  • Latex Color
  • Latex Font
• Mainly for Working Paper
  • ElegantPaper: An Elegant LATEX Template for Working Papers
  • Chad’s Color LaTeX Style

Job Market

• Academic job market advice for economics, political science, public policy, and other professional schools by Prof. Blattman
• Economics Job Market Advice

General (Encouraging) Advice for Young Researchers

• Videos
  • Nobel Laureates Give Advice to Young Economists
  • Nobel Laureates on The Future of Economics