Concise, example-based guides to academic writing for economics research papers. They focus on the four high-leverage sections every empirical or theoretical paper needs: the introduction, abstract, conclusion, and title.
Each guide explains one principle at a time, backs it with a short excerpt from a recent top-five journal paper, and tells you what to do differently in your own draft. Whether you are a PhD student writing your first economics paper or an experienced researcher revising a draft, the goal is to make each section clearer and more convincing.
| Guide | English PDF | 中文 PDF | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | English | 中文 | 13 / 11 |
| Abstract | English | 中文 | 10 / 8 |
| Conclusion | English | 中文 | 9 / 7 |
| Title | English | 中文 | 8 / 7 |
Download the PDF you need, or clone the repository and browse both languages side by side.
- Guide to Writing Introductions — Lead with the contribution, hook the reader, state the question early, report magnitudes, describe identification, and place the paper in the literature.
- Guide to Writing Abstracts — Answer four questions in one paragraph: what, how, what you found, and why it matters.
- Guide to Writing Conclusions — Summarize without repeating, explain mechanisms, acknowledge limitations, point to future research, and state implications with restraint.
- Guide to Writing Titles — Convey topic, finding, or tension; choose among common title types; and avoid empty "Evidence from ..." formulas.
The English versions are the primary versions; the Chinese versions are kept for reference.
LaTeX sources and the shared style file are in src/. You can recompile them with XeLaTeX if you want to adjust fonts or layout.
This project is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.
The guides are for educational use only. They synthesize public writing advice from economists such as Cochrane, McCloskey, Thomson, and Nikolov, and illustrate points with short excerpts from published papers. Those excerpts are used for commentary and teaching and remain the property of their original authors and publishers. See COPYRIGHT_NOTICE.md and CREDITS.md.
This repo may not have many stars yet, but it distills the writing practices of recent top-journal papers into a few principles you can apply right away—concise, concrete, and useful whether you are drafting or revising.
一份面向经济学研究者的学术写作指南，聚焦论文中回报率最高的四个部分：引言、摘要、结论和标题。
每份指南每次讲一个写作原则，并用一篇近年在顶尖期刊（top-five）上发表的论文中的短摘录作为例证，同时指出你在自己的草稿中应如何改进。无论你是第一次动笔的博士生，还是在修改已有论文的研究者，这份指南都希望让你的每个部分更清晰、更有说服力。
| 指南 | English PDF | 中文 PDF | 页数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 引言 | English | 中文 | 13 / 11 |
| 摘要 | English | 中文 | 10 / 8 |
| 结论 | English | 中文 | 9 / 7 |
| 标题 | English | 中文 | 8 / 7 |
直接下载你需要的 PDF，或克隆仓库后中英对照阅读。
- Guide to Writing Introductions（引言写作指南） — 先呈现贡献、用钩子吸引读者、尽早提出问题、报告量级、说明识别策略、并定位文献。
- Guide to Writing Abstracts（摘要写作指南） — 用一段话回答四个问题：研究什么、如何研究、发现了什么、意味着什么。
- Guide to Writing Conclusions（结论写作指南） — 总结而不重复、解释机制、承认局限、指出未来研究、并克制地陈述含义。
- Guide to Writing Titles（标题写作指南） — 传达主题、发现或张力，选择常见标题类型，并避免空洞的 “Evidence from ...” 公式。
英文版是主版本；中文版保留供参考。
LaTeX 源文件和共享样式文件在 src/ 目录下。如需调整字体或版式，可用 XeLaTeX 重新编译。
本项目采用 MIT 许可证，详见 LICENSE。
这些指南仅供学习使用。它们综合了 Cochrane、McCloskey、Thomson、Nikolov 等经济学家的公开写作建议，并引用已发表论文的短摘录作为示例。这些摘录仅用于评论和教学，版权归原作者所有和出版商所有。详见 COPYRIGHT_NOTICE.md 与 CREDITS.md。
这个项目目前的 star 数可能不算高，但它把近年顶刊论文里的写作做法提炼成了几条可直接对照的原则，足够简洁、有力，适合在动笔或修改时快速参考。