This book is an invaluable guide for young economists working on their dissertations,preparing their first articles for submission to professional journals, getting ready for theirfirst presentations at conferences and job seminars, or facing their first refereeing assignments.In clear, concise language--a model for what he advocates--William Thomson shows how to make writtenand oral presentations both inviting and efficient. Thomson covers the basics of clear exposition,including such nuts-and-bolts topics as titling papers, writing abstracts, presenting researchresults, and holding an audience's attention.
William Thomson is Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, New York.