How to Write about Economics and Public Policy 1st Edition Katerina Petchko

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Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0128130113
• ISBN 13: 9780128130117
• Author: Katerina Petchko

How to Write about Economics and Public Policy is designed to guide graduate students through conducting, and writing about, research on a wide range of topics in public policy and economics. This guidance is based upon the actual writing practices of professional researchers in these fields and it will appeal to practitioners and students in disciplinary areas such as international economics, macroeconomics, development economics, public finance, policy studies, policy analysis, and public administration. Supported by real examples from professional and student writers, the book helps students understand what is expected of writers in their field and guides them through choosing a topic for research to writing each section of the paper. This book would be equally effective as a classroom text or a self-study resource.

• Teaches students how to write about qualitative and quantitative research in public policy and economics in a way that is suitable for academic consumption and that can drive public policy debates
• Uses the genre-based approach to writing to teach discipline-appropriate ways of framing problems, designing studies, and writing and structuring content
• Includes authentic examples written by students and international researchers from various sub-disciplines of economics and public policy
• Contains strategies and suggestions for textual analysis of research samples to give students an opportunity to practice key points explained in the book
• Is based on a comprehensive analysis of a research corpus containing 400+ research articles in various areas of public policy and economics

Table contents:

Chapter 1: What Is Academic Writing?

Chapter 2: Research in Public Policy and Economics

Chapter 3: Research Topics and Paper Options

Chapter 4: Identifying Literature to Review

Chapter 5: Reading and Analyzing Literature

Chapter 6: Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Purpose Statements

Chapter 7: Research Proposals

Chapter 8: Structure of a Research Paper

Chapter 9: Justifying a Study: The Introduction

Chapter 10: Theory and Theoretical Frameworks

Chapter 11: Situating a Study: The Literature Review

Chapter 12: Literature Review: Models and Examples

Chapter 13: Data and Methodology

Chapter 14: Results, Discussion, and Conclusion

Chapter 15: Data, Methodology, Results, and Discussion: Models and Examples

Chapter 16: Writing Skills

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