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Lecture 14 Scientific Research Papers-Writing Style
1, writing style

Economics papers belong to scientific papers and do not need too gorgeous words. First, we should pay attention to the simplicity and logic of writing. But beautiful writing is very important to improve the readability of the paper and attract readers' attention.

When writing a paper for the first time, we should pay attention to the difference between "written language" and "spoken language", avoid being too colloquial, and use better rehearsed written language. Before writing, you can conceive the structure and writing style of the article in your mind.

The writing process is also a process to make the thinking clearer. For the equations in this paper, you can use the Word document "Insert"-"Object"-"Microsoft Equation" to edit, which makes the equations more beautiful. In this paper, all the equations in a single row should be numbered in sequence and represented by (1), (2) and (3) for easy retrieval.

We should also pay attention to the format of tables and pictures in the paper. The title of the table should be at the top of the table; The title of the picture is at the bottom of the picture. Under the table or picture, there may be notes explaining the data source, variable definition and other information.

For beginners, it is suggested to carefully observe the article structure and style of classic papers and pay attention to imitation.

China's thesis can imitate Economic Research or Economics (quarterly). For English papers, please refer to American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy and Quarterly Economics.

As the old saying goes, "you can recite 300 Tang poems if you can't write them."

Step 2 communicate with peers

After the first draft of a thesis is completed, it is usually not appropriate to submit it directly or as a graduation thesis.

In the process of research and writing, it is inevitable to be subjectively limited by personal preconceptions, resulting in deviation or negligence. It is very necessary to ask your tutor, peers or friends to read your paper, and make comments and revisions.

More formal channels include submitting papers to academic conferences or giving reports to academic institutions; In order to collect useful feedback and further modify the paper.