Writing
Here are resources about writing economics and publication strategies.
Blogs
Brodzinski Pawel, « How to Make Presentation Memorable» and « A Recipe for Presentation Disaster ».
The to-do and not-to-do lists in presentation.
Choi Kwan, editor of the Review of International Economics, « How to Publish in Top Journals ».
Choi also provides publication strategies.
Frey Bruno, editor of Kyklos « Economics of Economics ».
Frey analyses the economic profession.
Hamermesh Daniel, « Advice for Economists ».
Advices to economists about quite everything.
Head Keith, « Collected Advice on Doing Research ».
The blog shares the (great) Introduction Formula and (2*)10 Commandments.
Hill Carter, links to « Tips on Writing Economics Papers ».
A lot of links.
Mankiw Greg, « How to Write Well » and « Advice for Grad Student ».
The essential writing tips and links to other tips.
The Economist « Style Guide ».
A detailed online guide of style with emphasis on economics.
Eslevier « Early Career Researchers », « 8 reasons I accepted your article ».
Elsevier offers different ressources.
The Journal of Monetary Economics' « Tips for Refereees ».
The journal helps referees at different stages of the referee process.
James Hess' « Writing course ».
Publicly available course material.
Papers
Varian Hal, chief economist at Google, « How to Build an Economic Model in your Spare Time », 2009, and « What I've Learned about Writing Economics ».
Two personal views on modelling and writing.
Cochrane John, « Writing Tips for PhD Students », 2005, Working paper.
Varian and Cochrane also give tips for seminar presentation.
Sand-Jensen Kaj, « How to Write Consistently Boring Scientific Literature ».
Principles from biology that apply to economics.
Neugeboren Robert and Mireille Jacobson, « Writing Economics ».
Have a look at the section "Presenting your Results" by Chris Foote.
Rasmussen Eric, « Aphorisms on Writing, Speaking, and Listening », 2001-2006.
Rasmussen explains how to write economics, especially empirical research, and how to behave in seminar.
Agarwal Rajshree, Raj Echambadi, April Franco, and Mb Sarkar « Reap Rewards: Maximizing Benefits from Reviewer Comments ».
How to make reviewer comments helpful.
Stigler George, « The Conference Handbook », 1977, The Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 85, Issue 2, pp. 441-443.
Three pages of top commentaries in presentations.
Newsletter of the Commitee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession « How to Get Published in an Economics Journal ».
Five complementary views on the subject.
Halmos Paul, « How to Write Mathematics », 1981, In How to Write Mathematics, Norman Steenrod, Paul Halmos, Marcellus Schiffer, and Jean-Alexandre Dieudonné, eds., Providence: American Mathematical Society.
Halmos's article is one of the most influential among mathematicians.
Schwabish, Jonathan, « An Economist's Guide to Visualizing Data », 2014, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 28, N°1, pp. 209-234.
The way to convey information through pictures. Here are slides from Schwabish on data visualization.
Books
McCloskey Deirdre, Economical Writing, 2000, Waveland Press. Here is a short summary and here is a long one.
Thomson William, A Guide for the Young Economist: Writing and Speaking Effectively about Economics, 2001, The MIT Press. Here is the paper on which the book is based.
McCloskey and Thomson have great humor and give to the economics profession the most useful books. McCloskey focuses on empirics and Thomson has interest on modelling.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 2010, The University of Chicago Press.
Turabian Kate, A Manual for Writers, 2007, The University of Chicago Press.
The Chicago Manual of Style is the exhaustive book on writing for the academic profession. A Manual for Writers analyses the practice of writing.
Zinser William, On Writing Well, 2006, Harper Perennial.
Strunk William, The Elements of Style, 2006, BN Publishing.
On Writing Well is the classical guide to writing non-fiction. The Elements of Style gives the essential on style in fifty pages. Both books are not restricted to the academic profession but their principles apply to writing economics.
Debreu Gérard, The Theory of Value, 1959, New Haven: Yale University monograph.
Debreu's monograph is widely seen as a model of writing.
Videos
Patrick Winston, MIT OpenWare, How to Speak
Larry McEnerney, University of Chicago Writing Programs director, The Craft of Writing Effectively Writing Beyond the Academy
LeaderShip Lab, University of Chicago, Publishing Beyond the Academic Journal Research in Action: Making an Impact
Hamermesh Daniel, « How to Publish in a Top Journal ».
Wiley « Publishing in International Journals in Economics ».
EEA-ESEM 2011 with Daron Acemoglu, editor of Econometrica, and Fabrizio Zilibotti, editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association.
ESWC 2010 with Hashem Pesaran, editor of the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Fabrizio Zilibotti, editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association, and Orazio Attanasio, editor of Quantitative Economics.
Thompson Bruce, « Writing for Publication ».
Senick Gerard, « 24 Tips for Writers ».
Ashkanasy Neil, editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior « Publishing for Impact».
Elsevier « Helping you Get Published ».
Finding a Journal to Submit to