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Course overview; [AWEC]
Thesis Statement / Free-writing
Assignment -
HW 1:
Paper Outline and Free-writing
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How to give
an oral presentation
(notes by Wei-jen Hsu)
Assignment -
ORAL: Presentation Slides
(Weekly
presentations hereafter)
Useful Links:
Youtube:
Life After Death by PowerPoint
(with Chinese caption);
2010 updated version
Youtube:
Principles of
economics, translated (Transcription)
10 most common presentation mistakes
Graphic Representation of Data:
1812 (originally by
Minard)
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[AWEC]
Summarizing / Paraphrasing; HW1 and ORAL discussion
Assignment -
HW 2:
Summary
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[AWEC]
Writing the Introduction;
Introduction writing in
economics
Assignment - HW 3:
Introduction Section
Presentation: Ostling, Wang, Chou and Camerer (2011), by Joseph
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Sample introductions in
economics; HW3 discussion
Assignment -
revise HW 3
Presentation:
Lin, Liu, Tseng and Su (2011), by
Yu-Wen Su
Useful Links: Mankiw on
How to
Write Well?
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[AWEC]
Describing Data Collection Methods and Model; Methods in economics
Assignment - HW
4: Data Description and Model Section
Presentation: Shen and Hakes (1995), by
Johnny Lai
7. [ 4 / 6 ] Spring Break
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Theoretical Predictions in economics; HW4 discussion
Assignment -
revise HW 4
Presentation: Nieken and Sliwka (2010),
by
Raphael Li
9. [ 4 /20] Midterm Week
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[AWEC]
Writing Results: Problem, Process, Solutions and
Data Commentary; Result Description in economics
Assignment - HW
5: Results Section
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[AWEC] Data commentary in economics; HW5 discussion
Assignment -
revise HW 5
Presentation:
Dal Bo and Frechette
(2011),
by James Chen
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[AWEC] Writing Critique; Robustness Discussion in
economics
Assignment - HW
6: Discussion Section (or Result Section, Part 2)
Presentation: Chari and Kehoe (2004),
by Bing-Hen Lee
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[AWEC] Other Discussions in economics; HW6 discussion
Assignment -
revise HW 6
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[AWEC] Writing Conclusion; Concluding remarks in economics
Assignment - HW 7: Conclusion Section
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[AWEC] Re-writing the Introduction; HW7 discussion
Assignment - HW 8: Introduction Revision
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[AWEC]
Sample introduction revisions in economics; HW8 discussion
Assignment - FINAL PROJECT: First draft due
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[AWEC] Writing Abstract; Abstract writing in economics; the submission process
in economics
Assignment - HW 9: Abstract
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Final Presentation
Assignment -
FINAL PROJECT: Second draft and submission proof due
Last
modified on
March 07, 2013