Echoing some crappy econ writing. I hate the "little is known" but also terrible: "as far as I know, this is the first paper to..." If it is your paper, you better knowhttps://twitter.com/paulgp/status/1032022427210002434 …
Economists have long been interested in economics paper introductions. Unfortunately, little is known about how to write them. This paper is the first, to our knowledge, to evaluate the impact of economics cliches. We show that more (fewer) cliches are worse (better).
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I'm going to put this tweet in my syllabus next to
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Hah, yes! "Little is known" and "I am the first"-- two phrases I would be delighted never to hear again.
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Suppose I am the first person to evaluate a particular type of program - if “I am the first” or “this is the first” are too cliche, what would be the correct way to indicate this is part of the contribution? Huge fan of your book btw.
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Oh thank you! More than the phrase itself, I suppose it is what is implied both for the reader and the writer that worries me. A good P (in RAP) could help readers infer this aspect of the contribution and allow the writer to focus on other aspects.
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too real! read your tweet and then read a paper intro with almost all of these conventions
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This paper is well written and addresses an important research question, but I still recommend rejection due to the absence of a convincing identification strategy.
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You are straight killing me man.
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Which paper are you referring to?
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