Other pages
Nuno Palma
My other pages:
Official page, University of Manchester
Official page, ICS, Universidade de Lisboa
Centre for Economic Cultures, University of Manchester
Portugal no Longo Prazo (blog about Portuguese economic history, in Portuguese)
Research groups:
I am part of the Macroeconomics, Growth and Development Research Group and the Centre for Economic Cultures at the University of Manchester.
Resources for students:
University of Manchester's "Studying and Employability Skills for Economists".
Webpage with lots of useful advice for PhD students.
In good company:
Music band(s):
During my PhD in London I played guitar in a jazz band. I even suggested the name Instrumental Variables. I later left London but the band continued (without me). Leaving it was the hardest thing! But others continued, and the EP is now finally out. The band has a new name but the EP was named "Instrumental Variables" in memory of those times. See also "the social scientist", a video by the LSE music society. In Lisbon I was earlier part of a band called Regressaram os Mitras.
Data visualization resources:
Practical Advice for Producing Better Graphs
On writing:
McCloskey, D. (1985). Economical writing. Economic Inquiry, 23(2), 187-222; see also her excellent book.
John Cochrane's writing tips for PhD students; see also the intro formula.
Writing advice from a macroeconomist from the Fed (you can also watch this video), and from two well-known economists at Harvard.
How to write an effective referee report - useful to keep in mind a list of "common errors" made by authors.
Marc F. Bellemare's advice on how to write applied papers in Economics. Writing advice from Richard Langlois.
A summary of links to Writing, Presentation, Coding, and Refereeing Advice.
Pinker, S. (2015). The sense of style: The thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century. Penguin Books
Williams, Joseph M., and Joseph Bizup (2015). Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. Pearson
This book is also useful for students.
And finally, deep reflections on financial crises.
The Instrumental Variables performing at the LSE in 2015