Tips for Presenting a Paper
Intro
- Clearly state: what is the question? how is it approached?
why is the approach reasonable? what are the findings? how does the
paper change the way I think about economics? (due to Lee Ohanian).
- After the intro, people must have the paper's main message firmly in their minds.
Slides
- Don't put too much on a slide. The Pat Kehoe test is useful: drop the slide on the floor; can you still read everything?
- Every slides must have a point. It must state its point clearly.
- You should have no more than 30 slides for a 90 minute presentation, unless there is very little on each slide.
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