Want to write like an academic economist? Here's my sure-fire guide to Standard Econ English.
"Recent." Used with "writings" or "work" in your opening sentence to assure readers that you are au courant, which is to say, determining your subject matter the way herring determine which way to swim.
"The remainder of this paper is structured as follows." Indispensable start of your introduction's final paragraph, which you must include because the preceding paragraphs have somehow failed to do what they're supposed to.
"Section X concludes." The last sentence of your intro--a real help to readers who may otherwise fear that they will never be able to finish your paper.
"A majority of" and "a variety of." Always to be preferred to "most" and "many" for their greater scientific rigor (and higher syllable count, which is much the same thing.)
"Indicate," "utilize," "initiate," "optimum." Econ. for "show," "use," "start," and "best." See previous.
"Methodology." To be used to mean "method." Another superior word, which, since it actually refers to a discipline, gives your work an interdisciplinary air. (Note: despite this unassailable logic, we caution against referring to falling star as a "meteorology.")
"Nuance" and "nuanced." To be stuck somewhere into your paper, the better to make your own thinking appear...you know.
"Granular." To describe your data. Just because.
"Dataset." Emphatic plural for the now doubtfully plural "data." So readers know that your paper makes use of more than a solitary statistic. Make sure everyone knows how much work you put into gathering your "dataset."
"Most important." Instead of "Most importantly," to introduce the last and most significant item in a list in a way that says you understand subtle rules of grammar. But make sure you don't omit the "most." For some mysterious reason the superior construction goes awry if you do.
"Like." Avoid at all cost, lest you might lapse into your slovenly spoken English in which it occurs every 3 words. For example, instead of "Like a mint, a bank creates money," write "Similar to a bank, a mint creates money." Now, no Valley Girl ever said THAT!
These are, admittedly, just some of the more basic rules of Standard Econ English. But if you follow them religiously, that should suffice to prevent you from ever being compared to some mere non-economist, like, say, Shakespeare.
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