#EconTwitter: this is really useful advice by Neale Mahoney for those who want to write an applied economics paper π
just came out in JEP
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10β¦
In the following mini 𧡠I summarize his 5 β principles
just came out in JEP
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10β¦
In the following mini 𧡠I summarize his 5 β principles
The 5 principles are:
β show your variation with descriptive analysis
β use the descriptive evidence to provide preliminary evidence
β use the descriptive analysis to guide choices of what you model (and not model)
β clearly articulate the value added of the model and β¦
β show your variation with descriptive analysis
β use the descriptive evidence to provide preliminary evidence
β use the descriptive analysis to guide choices of what you model (and not model)
β clearly articulate the value added of the model and β¦
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choose parameters of interest and counterfactuals that are informed by your variation
I canβt emphasize enough how useful I find this. I will definitely recommend this to all of my future graduate students.
Iβm pretty sure that following these principles makes it much more likely that one has a good experience in the publication process.
Whatβs nice about the paper is that he explains what he means by this by means of three running examples:
- donut hole in Medicare Part D
- high school choice in New Haven
- pass-through of low interest rates for banks into increased borrowing by consumers
- donut hole in Medicare Part D
- high school choice in New Haven
- pass-through of low interest rates for banks into increased borrowing by consumers
Definitely a good 12 pages to read!
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