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Understanding the way economists see the world is a necessary step on the way to good economics writing. This book guides students through the means and methods of economics writing, by taking a step by step approach investigating:
- the keys needed to succeed as a writer of economics and an overview of the writing process from beginning to end
- the basic methods economists use to analyze data and communicate their ideas
- suggestions for finding and focusing one's topic, including standard economic sources and techniques for doing economic research
- how to write paper
- ways of citing sources and creating a bibliography.
It also contains useful appendices, which provide details of statistical sources and relevant electronic indices. Used as a standard guide for economics students at Harvard University, this book is of immense practical use to economics students the world over.
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The Student’s Guide to Writing Economics
Economists bring clear thinking and a host of analytical techniques to a wide range of topics. The Student’s Guide to Writing Economics will equip students with the tools and skills required to write accomplished essays. Robert Neugeboren provides a concise and accessible guide to the writing process taking the student through the stages of planning, revising, and editing pieces of work. This book presents the core principles of the “economics approach” and covers essential topics such as: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
the key to successful writing in economics basic methods economists use to analyze data and communicate ideas suggestions for finding and focusing your chosen topic vital techniques for researching topics how to approach the citing of sources and creating a bibliography
The Student’s Guide to Writing Economics also includes up-to-date appendices covering fields in economics, standard statistical sources, online search engines, and electronic indices to periodical literature. This guide will prove an invaluable resource for students seeking to understand how to write successfully in economics. Robert Neugeboren is Lecturer in Economics and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University, USA.
The Student’s Guide to Writing Economics Robert Neugeboren
First published 2005 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2005 Robert Neugeboren, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Neugeboren, Robert The student’s guide to writing economics/Robert Neugeboren. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English language–Rhetoric–Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Economics–Authorship–Problems, exercises, etc. 3. Academic writing–Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. PE1479.E35.N48 2005 808⬘.06633–dc22 2005005272 ISBN 0-203-79954-2 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN10: 0–415–70122–8 (hbk) ISBN10: 0–415–70123–6 (pbk) ISBN13: 9–78–0–415–70122–8 (hbk) ISBN13: 9–78–0–415–70123–5 (pbk)
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