经济学博导：如果你想读我的博士生, 那请阅读并签署这份指导协议！

来源：厦大经济学科研究生、厦门大学图书馆

整理自：计量经济圈

导师是研究生学习科研能力培养过程中的重要一环。厦大经济学科傅十和教授结合过去十多年指导学生的经验，编写了一份'指导协议'，以期在师生通过双向选择建立师生关系的过程中首先达成一致的预期，明确共同努力的目标，并在培养过程中履行双方的约定。今天我们将这份“指导协议”分享给大家，希望能为各位老师和同学们带来些许启发。

*注：原文是英文的（在文后），之前流传出的中文版本是软件直翻，计量圈对中文部分进行了校对使其更为准确一些。

给潜在的博士生们：

我在指导研究生方面的经验使我设计了这本指南，以促进学生和导师之间更好的匹配。

Part.1

目标

毕业后，你应该达到以下目标：

1.能够独立进行高质量的研究，包括提出好的（重要和有趣的）研究问题；能够流利地使用中英文书写。

2.高质量，意味着你的论文应该能在中文顶级期刊和英文优秀期刊上发表。

3.能够流利、专业地用中英文进行完整的学术研讨。

4.能够合理应对听众的提问和批评，但不要过度防御他人的问题。

5.要专业、并遵循专业精神和学术诚信（这也是值得一生学习的过程）。

如果你不是那么雄心勃勃，那么我俩可能不是一个很好的匹配Partner。

Part.2

必读 

在签署此协议之前，你应该仔细阅读以下材料：

1. A Guide for the Young Economist, by William Thomson; especially, chapter 1 “Being a graduate student in economics”.
2. Writing tips for Ph.D. students, by John Cochrane.
3. Ph.D. thesis research: Where Do I Start? By Don Davis.
4. My Rules of Thumb, by Gregory Mankiw.
5. The young economist's guide to professional etiquette, by D. Hamermesh.
6. The elements of style, by W. Strunk and E. White.
7. Economic writing, by D. McCloskey.
8. A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market, by John Cawley, 2016-2017 edition.
9. David Laibson’s advice for job market candidates.
10. Academic job market advice for economics, political science, public policy, and other professional schools.
11. Guide to Etiquette, edited by Graduate Students Association of WISE at Xiamen University.
12. Weisbach, M., A field guide to economics: A young scholar’s introduction to research, publishing, and professional development.
13. Feibelman, P., 2011, A PhD is not enough! A guide to survival in science, Basic Books.
14. How to Have Fun Without Failing Out: 430 Tips from a College Professor, by Robert Gilbert.

尽管这是针对大学生的指南，但我发现研究生们也应该阅读此指南，继而学习到学术研究成功的捷径。

在以下网址查看有关经济学家和经济学研究生的更多资源 www.aeaweb.org。

Part.3

你需要发展的素质

• 1.创造力；
• 2.思想开放；
• 3.主动性；
• 4.社交能力；
• 5.领导和团队合作精神；
• 6.良好的公民意识和礼节。

Part.4

毕业前需要定期做好的事情

1.在办公时间定期与我见面，讨论你的研究进展情况。我要求一学期至少每周见面一次。如果我们中的任何一方无法见面，则需要通过电子邮件进行通信以报告你的研究进度。

2.定期参加研讨会。尽可能参加相关领域的所有研讨会，并与演讲者进行交流。

3.如果你有好的工作论文，我鼓励你出去在会议或专题讨论会上进行研讨或演示。

4.进入就业市场之前，至少要用一学期教一门课程。

5.一次专注于一个项目，但不断考虑一些新项目。

6.始终遵循专业和礼节。例如，如果你决定参加一个研讨会，请去那里听、思考、问问题。不要玩手机或电脑。

7.练习中英文写作和口语。提高你的公开演讲技能是你自己的工作。

8.如果你打算在研讨会、会议或一群人面前报告论文，请提前几天通过电子邮件将你的PPT发送给我。我将与你一起检查PPT，以确保避免任何可避免的错误或缺陷，以使你在演示过程中不会感到尴尬。

9.遵守最后期限。

10.主动参与新研究思想的发展。

11.当你面临压力或心理问题时，请阅读一些有关如何自助的书，例如David Niven的书（《成功人士的100个简单秘诀：科学家们学到的东西以及如何使用它》）。

12.定期锻炼身体，例如跑步、慢跑或任何运动爱好。

13.与不在你学术委员会中的教授交谈。

14.与你的同学发展合作者关系。

Part.4

我能提供和不能提供的 

• 1.正常办公时间；如果没有，则可以进行电子邮件预约。

• 2.我可以提供至少一个学期的研究助理工作。

• 3.我不会为你的论文提供想法，但会为你提供合作的想法。

• 4.我可以对你的第一篇中英文论文进行文字修改，直到其达到很好的写作水平并适合发表为止，这是你学习如何写作经济学论文的很好机会。

• 5.我会为你提供预算内的会议差旅资金。

• 6.我不能帮助你找到工作，但是如果你确实不错，我可以提供诚实的推荐信和强烈的推荐意见（如果你真的非常优秀）。

• 7.对于非学术困难，我可能无法帮助你，但如果你让我知道，我可能会帮助你找到解决方案。

• 8.如果我给你重复两次以上的建议，则意味这一建议对你非常重要（很多情况下，这些建议都是来自成熟的经济学家）。不遵循这些建议很可能会伤害到你未来的职业。

如果你同意这些声明，并愿意签字同意遵守这些准则，那么我将很乐意指导你的论文研究。严重违反上述准则将导致我会终止指导你的学术研究工作。另外，我可能会随时更新本指南。

附注：如果你超过一周没有与我联系，我会假设你一切都很好。

在过去的十年中，在我所指导的学生中，几乎没有人可以严格遵守该协议。这意味着所有这些学生应该取得的成就比迄今为止所取得的成就要好得多。不幸的是，尽管我可以将一匹马带到水边，但我不能强制让它喝水。

傅十和

2020年

英文原文如下：

To potential Ph.D. students:

My experience of supervising graduate students leads me to design this guide to facilitate the matching between a student and a supervisor.

Part.1

Goals

Upon graduation, you should have achieved these goals:

1. Be able to do high-quality research independently, including coming up with good (important and interesting) research questions; be able to write fluently in both Chinese and English.
2. High quality means your papers should be publishable in top Chinese journals and decent SSCI journals.
3. Be able to give a full seminar in both Chinese and English fluently and professionally.
4. Be able to defend yourself from criticizers and attackers, but do not be too defensive.

5. Be professional and follow professionalism and academic integrity (this is also a life-time learning process).

If you are not this ambitious, then we are not a good match.

Part.2

Required readings

Before you sign this agreement, you should have carefully read these materials:

1. A Guide for the Young Economist, by William Thomson; especially, chapter 1 “Being a graduate student in economics”.
2. Writing tips for Ph.D. students, by John Cochrane.
3. Ph.D. thesis research: Where Do I Start? By Don Davis.
4. My Rules of Thumb, by Gregory Mankiw.
5. The young economist's guide to professional etiquette, by D. Hamermesh.
6. The elements of style, by W. Strunk and E. White.
7. Economic writing, by D. McCloskey.
8. A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market, by John Cawley, 2016-2017 edition.
9. David Laibson’s advice for job market candidates.
10. Academic job market advice for economics, political science, public policy, and other professional schools.
11. Guide to Etiquette, edited by Graduate Students Association of WISE at Xiamen University.
12. Weisbach, M., A field guide to economics: A young scholar’s introduction to research, publishing, and professional development.
13. Feibelman, P., 2011, A PhD is not enough! A guide to survival in science, Basic Books.
14. How to Have Fun Without Failing Out: 430 Tips from a College Professor, by Robert Gilbert.

Although this is a guide book for college students, I find graduate students should read it to learn shortcuts to success. Check more resources for economists and economics graduate students at www.aeaweb.org.

Part.3

Qualities you need to develop

1.Creativeness;

2.Open-mindedness;

3.Initiative;

4.Sociability;

5.Leadership and teamwork spirit;

6.Good citizenship and etiquette.

Part.4

Things you need to do well and regularly before graduation

1. Meet with me regularly during office hours to discuss your research progress. I require meeting at least once a week during academic semesters. If either of us cannot meet, email communication is required to report your progress.
2. Attend seminars regularly. Attend all seminars in your related field if possible and  communicate with the speakers.
3. If you have good working papers, I encourage you to go out to give seminars or presentations in conferences or workshops.
4. Teach at least one course for one semester before you enter the job market.
5. Focus on one project at a time but think about a few new projects constantly.
6. Follow professionalism and etiquette all the time. For example, if you decide to attend a seminar, be there and listen, think, ask questions; do not play with your phone or computer.
7. Practice writing and speaking in both Chinese and English. It is your own job to improve your public speaking skills.
8. If you plan to present a paper in a workshop, conference, or in front of a group of people, email me your PPT a few days in advance. I will go through the PPT with you to make sure any avoidable mistakes or flaws will be avoided so that you won’t feel embarrassed during the presentation.
9. Meet deadlines.
10. Be initiative to engage in the development of new research ideas.
11. When you face pressure or psychological problems, read some books on self-help, such as books by David Niven (for example, 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It ).
12. Work out regularly, such as running, jogging, or any of your sports hobby.
13. Talk to professors who are not in your committee.
14. Develop co-authorship with your fellow students.

Part.5

What I can offer and cannot

• Regular office hours; if not, email appointment is available.
• I can provide research assistantship for at least one semester.
• I do not give you ideas for your thesis but give you ideas for co-authoring.
• I can copy-edit your first paper in Chinese and first paper in English till it is well written and publishable, and this is the chance through which you can learn how to write well.
• I provide you conference travel funds subject to budget constraint.
• I cannot help you find a job, but I can provide an honest recommendation letter and a strong recommendation if you are truly good.
• I may not be able to help you for non-academic hardship but if you let me know I may be able to help you figure out a solution.
• If I repeat a piece of advice more than twice, that means that advice is very important to you (very often such advice is from established economists). Failing to follow such advice will most likely do harm to your career.

If you agree with these statements and are willing to sign it to promise that you will follow these guidelines, I’ll be happy to supervise your thesis research. Serious violation will lead to termination of the supervisor-student relationship. I may update this guide with notice.

P.S.: If you don’t contact me for more than one week, I assume everything going well with you.

During the past decade, among students I have supervised, almost no one can strictly follow this guide. That means all those students should have achieved much more than what they have achieved so far. Unfortunately, although I can lead a horse to water, I can’t make it drink.

Shihe Fu

傅十和，2005年博士毕业于波士顿学院（Boston College）经济系，现任厦门大学王亚南经济研究院、经济学院教授。主要从事环境、劳动、城市与房地产经济学等领域的实证研究。迄今在《经济研究》、Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management等国内外重要学术期刊上发表论文多篇。

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