A Guide for the Young Economist

"A Guide for the Young Economist - Writing and Speaking Effectively About Economics" is available on GoogleBooks.ie as a preview (here). The book is written by William Thomson; according to Repec.org(here), it is an invaluable guide for young economists working on their dissertations, preparing their first articles for submission to professional journals, getting ready for their first 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 written and 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 research results, and holding an audience's attention."