4.13 Some literature survey do’s and don’ts.4.12 What if you have trouble reading and understanding a paper?.“Findings”: How do you (or the cited paper) claim to identify a causal relationship?.4.8 How to write about previous authors’ analysis and findings.Avoiding plagiarism and academic offenses**.4.6 Backwards and forwards with references.4.5 Good starting points: Survey article, course notes, and textbooks.4.3 What are “good” economics journal articles?.4.1 What is the point of a literature survey?.4 Literature review and citations/references.

Behavioural economics (an alternate approach to micro).

Financial Economics (not as broad as the first two).

3.7 Fields of economics, and some classic questions asked in each field.

Quantitative vs. qualitative (the latter is rare in economics).

3.3 Theoretical vs. Empirical (techniques).

3.1 Economic theory and empirical work: What is it?.

3 Economics: Methods, approaches, fields and relevant questions.

2.5 Meeting with your advisor and interacting with him/her.

2.4 Things you may want to try to get together early in the process, and put in your preliminary ‘proposal’.

2.3 ‘Economy theory, science, and previous evidence suggest testable hypotheses’.

1.7 Following up after you have turned in your dissertation (or essay, or proposal/draft).

1.6 Examples of successful undergraduate dissertations:.

1.3 Ingredients of a successful paper/dissertation.

1.2 What you should aim for with an (undergraduate) dissertation what you should aim for in an essay (coursework).

1.1 Why is doing a research project valuable?.

1 Doing a research project: why and how.

Notes for instructors and course organisers.

The structure of this book what to read and when.

0.2 Examples of the sort of fancy interactive stuff I hope to incorporate in this web book.Writing and research for Economics undergraduates.

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