How to Write about Economics and Public Policy is designed to guide graduate students through conducting, and writing about, research on a wide range of topics in public policy and economics. This guidance is based upon the actual writing practices of professional researchers in these fields and it will appeal to practitioners and students in disciplinary areas such as international economics, macroeconomics, development economics, public finance, policy studies, policy analysis, and public administration. Supported by real examples from professional and student writers, the book helps students understand what is expected of writers in their field and guides them through choosing a topic for research to writing each section of the paper. This book would be equally effective as a classroom text or a self-study resource.
1. Chapter 9: Justifying a Study: The Introduction - p. 149 2. Chapter 10: Theory and Theoretical Frameworks - p. 179 3. Chapter 11: Situating a Study: The Literature Review - p. 206 4. Chapter 12: Literature Review: Models and Examples - p. 221 5. Chapter 13: Data and Methodology - p. 239 6. Chapter 14: Results, Discussion, and Conclusion - p. 270 7. Chapter 15: Data, Methodology, Results, and Discussion: Models and Examples - p. 300 8. Chapter 16: Writing Skills - p. 326 9. Appendix A: Citation Guides - p. 348 10. Appendix B: Model Papers - p. 359 11. Appendix C: Data Sources - p. 408 12. Appendix D: Journals in Economics and Public Policy - p. 414 13. Corpus Details - p. 431 14. References - p. 433 15. Index - p. 445
How to Write about Economics and Public Policy is designed to guide graduate students through conducting, and writing about, research on a wide range of topics in public policy and economics. This guidance is based upon the actual writing practices of professional researchers in these fields and it will appeal to practitioners and students in disciplinary areas such as international economics, macroeconomics, development economics, public finance, policy studies, policy analysis, and public administration. Supported by real examples from professional and student writers, the book helps students understand what is expected of writers in their field and guides them through choosing a topic for research to writing each section of the paper. This book would be equally effective as a classroom text or a self-study resource.
1. Chapter 9: Justifying a Study: The Introduction - p. 149 2. Chapter 10: Theory and Theoretical Frameworks - p. 179 3. Chapter 11: Situating a Study: The Literature Review - p. 206 4. Chapter 12: Literature Review: Models and Examples - p. 221 5. Chapter 13: Data and Methodology - p. 239 6. Chapter 14: Results, Discussion, and Conclusion - p. 270 7. Chapter 15: Data, Methodology, Results, and Discussion: Models and Examples - p. 300 8. Chapter 16: Writing Skills - p. 326 9. Appendix A: Citation Guides - p. 348 10. Appendix B: Model Papers - p. 359 11. Appendix C: Data Sources - p. 408 12. Appendix D: Journals in Economics and Public Policy - p. 414 13. Corpus Details - p. 431 14. References - p. 433 15. Index - p. 445
