Lin Zhang
An Energy & Sustainability Economist
Resources
Section I: External and Internal Resources
A. Data Resources
1. EM-DAT The international disasters database: (database intro) (database link)
2. Environmental policy stringency index OECD (database link)
3. IEA policy database (database link)
4. Hong Kong statistics (link)
5. National Data (link)
6. World Bank open data (link)
7. IEA data (link)
8. Energy data link IAEE (link)
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B. Lab Resources
1. Lists of journals in rankings or check the latest ranking in the (link)
2. Please fill in the study plan form when you initiate a new project.
3. Please check the Thesis guidelines and use the Thesis template if you write a thesis/FYP in my group.
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Section II: For CityU HK students - Must read
***How to Email a Professor?***
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Below I list a collection of documents which may be useful for your group/individual project:
1. How to choose a topic for your project:
2. How to write your report
3. How to write code and manage data
Gentzkow and Shapiro (Chicago Booth)
4. How to present your work
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Section III: For PhD students of Economics --- Surviving skills (link)
Publishing
"How to Get Published in an Economics Journal," CSWEP Newsletter Symposium, Spring 2011.
"Top 10 Ways to Deal with Editors and Referees," CSWEP Newsletter Reprint.
"Publishing in Economics Journals: Trends Young Economists (and Everyone Else) Should be Aware Of," Glenn Ellison, CSWEP Newsletter Spring 2003.
"How are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by Leading Economists," Joshua Gans and George Shepard, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8(1), Winter 1994, Pages 165-79.
"Facts and Myths about Refereeing," Daniel S. Hamermesh, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter 1994, Pages 153-163.
“The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research,” Martin A. Schwartz, Journal of Cell Science, 121(11), June 2008, Pages 1771-1771.
“The Art and Science of Scholarly Publishing," Maureen Pirog, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(3), June 2014, Pages 843-853.
"Writing the Empirical Journal," Daryl J. Bem, The Complete Academic: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist, 1987, 185-219.
“The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper,” Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz.
“Writing Tips for Ph.D Students,” John H. Cochran, 2005.
“How to Publish in a Top Journal,” Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin, Presentation.
“The Other Pipeline,” Cecilia Elena Rouse, The Minority Report, Winter 2008, 6-9, 18.
“How to Give an Academic Talk, v5.2,” Paul N. Edwards, October 2014.
“How to Get an Article Published in an Economics Journal: Tips from the Experts,” CSWEP Newsletter, Spring 2011.
“The Research Productivity of New PhDs in Economics: The Surprisingly High Non-Success of the Successful,” John P. Conley and Ali Sina Önder. The Journal of Economic Perspectives 28, no. 3 2014: 205-215.
“The Scholarly Output of Economists: A Description of Publishing Patterns,” Joe C. Davis, John H. Huston, and Debra Moore Patterson. Atlantic Economic Journal 29, 2001, no. 3 341-349.
“Incentives and the Effects of Publication Lags on Life Cycle Research Productivity in Economics,” John Conley, Mario J. Crucini, Robert A. Driskill, and Ali Sina Önder. Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51, no. 2 1251-1276.
“Statistics 101 for (Wannabe) Economists,” Tom Coupé, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
“The Publishing Patterns of Recent Economics Ph.D. Recipients,” Jeffery Collins, Richard Guy Cox, and Victor Stango. Economic Inquiry, 2000, 38, no. 2 358-367.
“Edifying Editing,” Preston McAfee, The American Economist, 2016 61, no. 1, 110-118.
“How to Review Manuscripts,” Elsevier, 2015
“Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives” Jonathan Berk, Campbell R. Harvey, and David A. Hirshleifer. 2015. Available at SSRN 2547191
“Top Ten Ways to Deal with Editors and Referees,” American Economic Association
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Teaching
"Teaching Economics in Different Environments," CSWEP Newsletter Symposium, Winter 2006.
"Starting Point: Economics," a new NSF project that makes innovative pedagogical resources and effective teaching practices easily accessible to economists via a web-based pedagogic portal.
"An Online Handbook for the Use of Contemporary Econometrics in Economic Education Research," AEA Committee on Economic Education.
Grants
"Top 10 Tips on How to Get Funding," CSWEP Newsletter Reprint.
"How to Get National Science Foundation Funding (NSF) Funding in Economics," Laura Razzolini, CSWEP Newsletter Winter 2003.
"Applying for Research Grants from Liberal Arts Colleges," Lara Shore-Shepard, CSWEP Newsletter Summer 2004.
“The NIH Grant Review Process: What You Need To Know,” Marie Davidian, 2006 ENAR Workshop for Junior Researchers, ENAR.
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Media
“Maximizing the Substance in the Soundbite: A Media Guide for Economics,” Daniel Hamermesh, The Journal of Economic Education, 35(4), 370-382.
“You: A Valuable Media Source,” Media Guide for Health and Science Experts, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 2009.
“A Bakers’ Dozen Tips for Aspiring Media Gurus,” Len Burman, Winter 2010 CSWEP Newsletter.
“An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data,” J.A. Schwabish, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28(1), 209-233.
“Are Pictures Worth a Thousand Words?” Angshuman Gooptu, May 1st, 2015, Presentation.
Presenting
"Top 10 List Giving an Effective Presentation," CSWEP Newsletter.
“Tips on How to Avoid Disaster in Presentations,” Monika Piazzesi
“How to Give an Applied Micro Talk,” Jesse M. Shapiro, Presentation.
Discussing
“Tips on Being a Good Discussant,” University of Texas Economics Advising
“How to Survive a Seminar Presentation,” Lisa M. Lynch, Special Reprint Issue No 2, pg 17-19.