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Writing an Economic Paper

Writing an Economic Paper. Noer Azam Achsani Departemen Ilmu Ekonomi FEM Program Pascasarjana Manajemen dan Bisnis InterCAFE. Outline. Introduction Step by Step of Writing Papers Some important things. Introduction. Writing paper is fun..! Step-by-step of writing papers

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Writing an Economic Paper

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  1. Writing an Economic Paper Noer Azam Achsani Departemen Ilmu Ekonomi FEM Program Pascasarjana Manajemen dan Bisnis InterCAFE

  2. Outline • Introduction • Step by Step of Writing Papers • Some important things

  3. Introduction • Writing paper is fun..! • Step-by-step of writing papers • Selecting topics • Designing and structuring our activities • Set-up the paper • The style • finishing

  4. Selecting Topics • Select the topic yourself • Originality is the most important thing • Find something new • New idea • Old idea with new angle, new data, new methodology Important resources: • Journal of Economic Literature • Journal of Economic Perspectives • (Applied) Economics Letters, (Applied) Financial Letters • Elsevier, World Publishing, Wiley Interscience, Internet resources

  5. Designing and structuring our activities • Find the relevant models • Data required? • Other views on the topic? • Write an abstract • Problem statements • Short review of literature • Description of the research design (model testing, empirical etc) • Contribution of the research In this step  read, read and read the current journal and working papers

  6. Finding the data Macro data • World Bank, IMF, OECD, ECB, ASEAN, BI, BPS etc Micro Data • Susenas, Podes, IFLS, Bank’s Data, Own Data

  7. Outline of the paper • Front page (title, authors, affiliations, abstract, JEL Classification, keywords) • Introduction (basic problem, motivation, potential benefits, briefly content of the paper) • Review of the literature (summarize and table of previous papers, key concept, inconclusiveness) • The Data and Model (explain the model clearly, the data and sources, descriptive statistics and explanations) • Results and Discussion • Concluding Remarks • References

  8. Finishing touches • Check the style (depends on the journal we want to submit), consistency, mathematical formula, definitions etc • Completeness and consistence of the references • Take a rest (1-2 days) and read it again

  9. Some important things • KISS (Keep it so simple) • Use tables and figures • Comparative analysis is more advantages • Use international conferences or seminars as entry point (i.e. PBFEA) • Acknowledgements • Write our own relevant publication on the references • Do it now or never..!

  10. Check again… • Description of the goal • Originality and the new things from the paper • Theory, Methods, Data • Structure and style • Presentation and participation on the seminars

  11. References Anonim. 2009. How to Write An Economics Paper?. Institute of Economics and Econometrics. The University of Groningen. The Netherlands Duffy, J. 2009. How to Research and Write an Economics Term Paper. Department of Economics, The University of Pittsburgh.

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