Tips for Presenting a Paper¶

Intro¶

Clearly state:

what is the question? (this should be one of your first slides)
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.

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.