Doing Economics

merican Journal of Agricultural Economics, 
70

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Angrist, J. D., 
20
, 
22
, 
75
, 
101
Appendices, 
7
to conference presentations, 
50
to invited seminar presentations, 
44
, 
45
to journal articles, 
73–74
, 
74–75
to slide desk, 
42
theoretical models presented in, 
10
Applied economics, 
1–2
rt and Practice of Economics Research, The (Bowmaker), 
156
Assistant professors
job talks, 
46
publications, 
86
, 
87
service activities, 
123
tenure, 
121n1
Associate professors
service activities, 
123
tenure, 
121n1
Assumptions, 
9
, 
26
, 
42
, 
49
, 
169
Athey, Susan, 
16
, 
93
, 
156
Attrition rate, 
10
Audience
for conference presentations, 
48
, 
50
, 
53
for invited seminar presentations, 
40–41
, 
44
, 
45
for job talks, 
47
for journal articles and research papers, 
33
, 
67
, 
97
, 
144
lay audiences, 
54–57
for practice talks, 
58
question asking by, 
40
, 
59–60
Authorship, ethics of, 
100
, 
132–133
Awards committees, 
162
Baccalaureate/Associate’s Colleges, 
102
Background sections, 
7
, 
32–33
Backhouse, R., 
1
, 
101
Balance tests, 
11
, 
13
, 
17
, 
43
, 
49
Baron, David, 
137n9
Behavioral economics, grant sources, 
103
Bellemare, Lee, and Just, 
117
, 
118
Bellemare, M. F., 
12
, 
91n21
, 
117
, 
118
, 
144
, 
146n11
Bera, A. K., 
13n4
Berrett, D., 
75
Bhagwati, Jagdish, 
34

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Bias
of reviewers, 
79
, 
80
statistical, 
17
, 
18
, 
24n11
Bira, L., 
161
Bird by Bird (Lamott), 
36
Blattman, C., 
52
Blogging, 
144–145
, 
146
Bolton, P., 
140
Book proposals, reviews of, 
133–134
, 
135
Bowmaker, S., 
156
Bricmont, Jean, 
31
Buckles, K., 
163
Budget, as grant proposal item, 
109
, 
116–117
, 
116n12
, 
118
Bullet points
in conference presentations, 
49–50
in dissertations, 
158
in invited seminar presentations, 
40–41
, 
42–43
in job talks, 
46
in journal articles, 
75–76
Burke, M., 
18
Business insurance, 
56–57
Business talks, 
55
Card, D., 
70
Career path, of undergraduate students, 
153–154
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 
67n5
, 
101–102
, 
152
Carrigan, M., 
147
Causal effects, 
43–44
, 
113–114
Causal identification, 
16–17
, 
18–19
, 
20
, 
26
, 
55
Causal inference, 
94
Causal relationship, colliders in, 
24
, 
24n11
Causal statements, 
14–15
, 
22–23
Cawley, J., 
2
CfP (call for papers), for grants, 
108
, 
109
, 
111
, 
113
, 
115
Cherrier, B., 
1
, 
101
Christensen, G., 
75
Churchill, Winston, 
62
Citation counts, 
34–35
, 
68
, 
68n6
, 
97
, 
97n25
, 
98
, 
99
, 
145
abstracts and, 
31–32
readability score and, 
31
reviewers’ comments and, 
132
Citations, for field journal articles, 
33–34

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CITI program, 
119
Clooney, George, 
46
Coauthors, 
9–10
, 
73
, 
80
, 
81n13
, 
88
, 
104
, 
110–111
, 
130
, 
137
, 
138
students as, 
162–163
Coefficient estimates, 
23
Colander, D., 
152
Cole, Shawn, 
138
Colliders, 2411
Coltrane, John, 
8
Conclusion. See 
Summary and concluding remarks
Conference presentations, 
48–52
, 
71–72
appendix, 
50
data and descriptive statistics, 
49
discussion of, 
50–52
distinguished from invited seminars, 
48
, 
50
empirical framework, 
49
introduction, 
49
length, 
48
, 
50
as lightning talks, 
53
online and hybrid, 
52–53
optimization problem in, 
49
results and discussion, 
49–50
serving as discussant at, 
50–52
summary and concluding remarks, 
50
theoretical framework, 
49
title, 
49
Conferences, 
3
predatory, 
66
review of research paper submissions, 
133–134
as service activity, 
124
, 
124n3
Conflicts of interest, 
75
, 
80–81
, 
81n13
, 
128
, 
130
, 
136–137
Conley, T. G., 
17
Consulting, 
169
by graduate students, 
160
legal liability issue, 
56–57
Contracts, grants as, 
104–105
Control groups, pairwise comparisons, 
11
, 
13
Control variables
consistency in empirical and theoretical frameworks, 
43
estimation strategy, 
15
listed on tables, 
23–24

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in presentations, 
43
, 
44
relation to sample size, 
24–25
robustness checks, 
19
Corban, A., 
163
Cornell University, Department of Economics, 
1
COVID-19 pandemic, 
52
Creative work, 
86–87
Credibility Revolution, 
20
, 
22
, 
75
, 
101
Cross-sectional data, 
83
Cross-tabulations, 
13
Cultural norms and mores, 
165
, 
168
Cultural relativism, 
165
Curriculum, “hidden,” 
167–168
Curriculum vitae (CV), 
46n5
conference presentations and seminars noted on, 
50
, 
59
on grant proposals, 
109
publications noted on, 
66
, 
85
, 
86
, 
88
, 
148
, 
168
reviewer experience on, 
126
updating for manuscript revisions, 
85
Data
availability, 
1
balance tests, 
11
, 
13
in conference presentations, 
49
in invited seminar presentations, 
42–43
missing, 
10
revisions, 
92
Data and descriptive statistics section, 
7
, 
10–14
, 
42
, 
43
, 
49
, 
92
contents, 
11–13
, 
12t
tables of variable descriptions, 
11
, 
12
use of tenses, 
13–14
writing guidelines, 
13–14
Data collection and analysis, 
10
funding for, 
3
, 
101
in sponsored projects, 
115
survey questionnaires, 
11
Davies, Robertson, 
35
Davis, Miles, 
8
Deadlines
for grant proposals, 
108
, 
110
, 
111
for journal article reviews, 
125
, 
138–139
for journal article revisions, 
84

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for special issue journal articles, 
125
Decimals, 
14
, 
23
Della Vigna, S., 
70
Depression, 
161
e Saint-Exupéry, Antoine, 
167
Descriptive statistics, 
55
, 
56
, 
73
, 
92
See also 
Data and descriptive statistics section
Desk rejections, 
34
, 
69–70
, 
82
, 
83
, 
139–140
personalized, 
142
Dewatripont, M., 
140
Dionne, Kim Yi, 
11
, 
98n26
Disclosure forms, 
75
Disclosure rules, for funding sources, 
103
, 
112
Discrimination, 
163–164
, 
167–168
Discussion section. See 
Results and discussion section
Dissertation prospectus, defense of, 
158
Dissertations
“best,” 
159
completion, 
148–149
, 
162
defense of, 
162
essays in, 
159
readership for, 
162
three-paper, 
158–159
Diversity, 
148–149
, 
148–150
, 
165
Doctoral degree, goal of, 
159
Doctoral programs, time limits on, 
162
Doctoral students, second- or third-year qualifying research paper, 
64
Double-dipping” practice, 
132–133
Double jeopardy, 
137
D/PU (doctoral/professional) universities, 
67n5
, 
102
advising at, 
153
grant sources at, 
102
Due diligence, 
137
Early-career researchers, 
57–58
as advisors or mentors, 
157
conference presentations, 
50
criteria for success, 
168–169
invited seminar presentations of, 
42
professional service by, 
3
, 
124–125
, 
129
publications, 
71
, 
78–79
, 
87
, 
87n18
EconLit bibliographic database, 
65n3

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Econometrica, 
35n15
, 
67
Econometrics Journal, 
77
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 
33–34
Economic Inquiry, 
64–65
Economics-adjacent disciplines, 
1–2
Economics journals
See also titles of individual economics journals
submissions to, 
67–70
Economic & Social Research Council (UK), 
108
Economics profession, toxic culture of, 
76
, 
84n16
, 
161
, 
163–164
Economists, as journal reviewers, 
76–77
Editorial service, 
139–143
Editors
See also 
Submission, of journal articles
administrative support for, 
140–141
appeals of editorial decisions, 
88–90
associate, 
139
contact with, 
81–82
cover letters to, from authors, 
72
, 
80
, 
92
, 
95
cover letters to, from reviewers, 
132–133
decision-making process of, 
82–90
, 
141
of field journals, 
33
of general-science journals, 
72–73
location and selection of reviewers by, 
34
, 
72–73
, 
77–79
, 
127–128
, 
141
, 
142
monetary compensation, 
141
roles and responsibilities, 
139
Elder, T. E., 
19–20
Elements of Style, The (Strunk and White), 36k
Elsevier journals, 
75n11
mail, 
37
, 
60
from editors, 
126
, 
128
, 
136
to editors, 
72
, 
82
, 
128
, 
141–142
for publicizing research papers, 
99
from reviewers, 
136
, 
141
, 
142
to reviewers, 
128
, 
142
Empirical economics, research paper structure in, 
8
, 
9
, 
21
, 
27
, 
30–31
, 
101
Empirical framework, 
7
, 
14–19
for conference presentations, 
49
definition, 
14
estimation strategy subsection, 
14–16
, 
22
, 
29
, 
43
, 
93
identification strategy subsection, 
14–15
, 
16–19
, 
29
, 
43–44
, 
49
, 
51
, 
55
, 
79
, 
88–89

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for invited seminar presentations, 
43–44
revisions, 
91n21
, 
92
Empirical relationships, 
8
, 
9
Empiricism, 
1–2
English-language skills, 
35–36
, 
58
, 
89
, 
96
, 
164–165
, 
164n5
Environmental economics, 
102
Ernest Hemingway on Writing (Phillips), 
36
Estimable equations, 
15–16
, 
43–44
, 
49
Estimation samples, 
24–25
Estimation strategy subsection, 
14–16
, 
22
, 
29
, 
43
, 
93
Ethics
of authorship, 
100
, 
132–133
of human subject research, 
117
, 
119–120
of reviewers, 
136–139
European Commission, 
108
European Research Council, 
108
Evans, David, 
30–31
Evans, T. M., 
161
Evidence, standards of, 
20
Experimental Conversations (Yang), 
106
, 
107
Experimental economics, grant sources, 
103
Expertise
of graduate students, 
160
sharing of, 
55–56
External review letters, 
69
, 
123
, 
124
External validity, 
10
, 
17n6
, 
23
, 
26
, 
29
, 
35
, 
43
, 
51
, 
54–55
limitations, 
23
aculty
Black, indigenous, or people of color, 
148n12
governance role, 
121–122
alcao Bergquist, L., 
18
alsification tests, for robustness, 
20–21
eedback
from advisors, 
160–161
from editors, 
83
in invited seminars, 
45
from reviewers, 
137
, 
139
ield experiments, 
44
ield journals, 
65
definition, 
33n14
reviewers for, 
129

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reviews in, 
139
submissions to, 
33–34
, 
33n14
, 
70–72
, 
76
irst drafts, 
36
isman, R., 
165
lowcharts, 
54
ollow-up papers, 
26
ood libel laws, 
56
ood price volatility, 
146n11
ood systems economics, 
61
oreign students
advising of, 
164–165
English language skills, 
35–36
, 
58
, 
89
, 
96
, 
164–165
, 
164n5
mental well-being, 
161
oster, A. D., 
5
oundations, as grant source, 
102–103
-tests, 
13n4
ull professors, 
69
service activities of, 
121n1
, 
123
unding, 
101–120