The student's guide to writing economics / Robert Neugeboren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neugeboren, Robert H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Problems, exercises, etc.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric.

Economics--Authorship.

Economics.

Economics--Authorship--Problems, exercises, etc.

Academic writing--Problems, exercises, etc.

Academic writing.

Genre:

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

ix, 85 pages ; 21cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

Economists bring clear thinking and a host of analytical techniques to a wide range of topics. The Student's Guide to Writing Economics will equip students with the tools and skills required to write accomplished essays.

Robert Neugeboren provides a concise and accessible guide to the writing process taking the student through the stages of planning, revising, and editing pieces of work. This book presents the core principles of the "economics approach" and covers essential topics such as: the key to successful writing in economics, basic methods economists use to analyze data and communicate ideas, suggestions for finding and focusing your chosen topic, vital techniques for researching topics, how to approach the citing of sources and creating a bibliography.

The Student's Guide to Writing Economics also includes up-to-date appendices covering fields in economics, standard statistical sources, online search engines, and electronic indices to periodical literature.

This guide will prove an invaluable resource for students seeking to understand how to write successfully in economics.

Contents:

Writing economically (with Mireille Jacobson)

The language of economic analysis

Finding and researching your topic

The term paper

Formatting and documentation (by Kerry Walk).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-80) and index.

ISBN:

0415701236

0415701228

OCLC:

57354148

Publisher Number:

9780415701235 (pbk.)

9780415701228 (hbk.)