Resources for Economics PhD Students

(aka "How to do research?")

• "How to get started on research in economics?" Steve Pischke, A few ideas mostly for empirical work
• "Most projects fail ... and other things I've learned from (trying to do) empirical work" Amy Finkelstein
• "An unofficial guide to trying to do empirical work" Amy Finkelstein
• "The Big 5" Don Cox, How to write the introduction of a presentation (and paper)
• "How to make slides" Steve Pischke, some very basic pointers




Links

Advice for Grad Students on the Greg Mankiw Blog
PhD Thesis Research: Where do I start? Don Davis
"How to Build an Economic Model in your Spare Time" Hal Varian
"Out in Five" David Romer's Rules