成为一名优秀的学者，天赋和努力是必要的，但还不够，对于有志于从事学术事业的博士生和年轻学者来说，以最佳的方式做研究、发表论文和规划职业发展是成为未来优秀学者的关键，《The Economist’s Craft: A Scholar’s Introduction to Research, Publishing, and Professional Development》（经济学家的技艺：研究、发表和职业发展导论）一书提供了详细指南。
该书即将由普林斯顿大学出版社出版，涵盖了在研究生课堂上很少有老师回答的一系列重要问题，为读者提供了他们作为专业学者取得成功所需的工具和见解。其作者为Michael Weisbach，俄亥俄州立大学金融学库尔茨讲席教授，美国全国经济研究所研究员。Weisbach教授是顶级期刊The Review of Financial Studies的前主编，也曾担任其他五种学术期刊的副主编。他在金融和经济学领域拥有广泛的研究兴趣，专长于公司金融、公司治理和私募股权。他曾获得Brattle Group奖、Jensen奖、Fama/DFA奖和Wharton/WRDS奖等经济学重要奖项。
The Economist’s Craft 向研究生和青椒们介绍了研究、写作的要点，以及在经济学领域取得成功的其他关键技能。Weisbach教授在这本手册里强调选择将产生持久影响的主题的重要性。此外，Weisbach教授还解释了如何发表研究成果才能在就业市场上成为香饽饽。
无论是学生期间还是学术工作刚刚起步阶段，Weisbach教授向读者展示了如何围绕一个主题开展研究，从而使工作成果的价值超过单个论文的总和。此外，对于写文章本身，作者还讨论了如何构建学术文章的每个部分，如何从完成初稿后到最终发表。
当然，Weisbach教授指出研究生期间“Don'ts”的"Do's"的23条建议是这本指南的精华。要想在研究生期间取得好的成果，在学术道路上走的长远，这些建议是肺腑之言，需要反复研读，熟稔于心。
想深入了解论文的学者，可以在公众号“社科学术汇”后台回复“经济学学术指南”可获取论文完整版。
The "Do's" of being a PhD Student
1) Do develop a comparative advantage. This can be a unique data set, institutional knowledge, and/or an econometric or modeling technique. Try to use this comparative advantage to develop a reputation for being the best scholar addressing certain kinds of questions.
2)Do try to apply ideas you learn in one course to another, Often approaches that are standard in one field can be used productively in other fields.
3)Do incorporate your own experiences or knowledge into your research. Sometimes students start with a comparative advantage in one area given their backgrounds.
4) Do out and get all of the data you can. Don't limit yourself to the particular sample that happens to be at hand. Be imaginative about different types of data sources. Sometimes unusual kinds of data can lead to the most interesting projects.
5)Do make sure you are proactive but polite in your dealings with faculty. Remember that they want to help you out but are very busy themselves.
6)Do pick an advisor whose scholarship you admire, and whom you like personally. No matter how good a scholar he is, if you don't get along with him, your life will be miserable.
7)Do bring something on paper to every meeting with a current or potential advisor. It doesn't need to be perfect, and can only be a paragraph long, but gives him/her something to react to. If you have done some analysis or modeling, email it advance to get a more informed reaction.
8)Do be strategic in sharing drafts with your advisor--if you overwhelm him/her with requests, the quality of feedback will decline.
9)Do take advantage of the resources you have access to. This especially includes getting to know all of the people who come through town on the seminar series (not just from your department.)
10) Do get involved in research as early as possible. The sooner you discover what research is all about. the more likely your ultimate success.
11) Do present early and often-every lunch brownbag and mini-workshop you can get invited to.
12) Do act professionally in all of your dealings with students, faculty, and administration.
13) Do work hard. Work really hard. But remember to enjoy yourself Your time in PhD program can be one of the happiest times in your life!
The "Don'ts" of being a PhD Student
1)Don't be too concerned with your grades. When you apply for a job, nobody will ever ask for them.
2)Don't be competitive with your fellow students. Your ultimate placement depends on the quality of your work on a national scale, not on the ranking relative to your fellow students in your department. If you work well with your fellow students, they will be your future colleagues, coauthors and lifelong friends.
3)Don't be too intimidated to ask questions of faculty. We are being paid to answer your questions, so ask them!
4)Don't go “into hiding”. Always keep a high profile in your department, even if things aren’t going particularly well.
5)Don't be restricted to one area, or the specialties of your advisor. Most faculty are broad enough to supervise the work you want to write, and not just what they want to write.
6)Don't ever think that the first draft of a paper will be “good enough”. It won't. Most faculty papers go through multiple revisions before they are ready to be submitted to a journal; yours will probably go through between 5 and 10 major revisions before you are ready to send it out on the job market.
7)Don't think of research as a game. You are trying to teach the profession something meaningful, not just to get out”. The same goes for the publication process; the best papers are written to learn something important, not just to get published.
8)Don't write papers that are interesting only to academics. Try to explain the actual economy, it's more fun and interesting that way.
9)Don't write papers for the purpose of illustrating a technique. Find an interesting question and use the techniques appropriate for the question.
10) Don't write papers that are relevant today but are unlikely to be of interest in the future.
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