Skip to text
The BESTEPS Guide
PDF · 7.6 MB
Cover of The BESTEPS Guide

The BESTEPS Guide

7 Lessons towards Effective Economics PhD Research

Editors

Anna Chesa-LlorensMengwei Lin 林孟蔚

Lectures by

  • Antonio Cabrales
  • Dirk Foremny
  • Libertad González
  • Albrecht Glitz
  • Joan Llull
  • Guillermo Marín
  • Diego Puga
  • Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
Start reading Download PDF · 7.6 MB E-book Features: for a better reading experience

The BESTEPS Guide is intended to offer early-career economists, especially PhD students, insights from leading researchers on how to take the “best steps” at each key stage of a research project. It can be used for self-learning or for courses on research skills.

Contents

Click a lecture or volume to open it.

Find an Idea and Get Started
(Lecture 1)
Do Your
Analysis
Understand the Workflow
(Opening Lecture)
Set It Up in an Organized Way
(Lecture 2)
Visualize Data and Results
(Lecture 3)
Present Research
(Lecture 4)
Craft the Job Market Paper
(Lecture 5)
Volume 1
Volume 2
The BESTEPS Guide
Life Cycle of a 
Research Project
Understand Research Products
(Closing Lecture)
BESTEPS Lectures

Front matter

Preface Concepció Patxot Acknowledgements The BESTEPS project and the reviewers of the Guide

Volume 1

Set Up Your Research Project

Opening Lecture15 min Navigating the Research Process in Economics Antonio Cabrales Lecture 110 min Starting a Feasible and Promising Project Libertad González Lecture 220 min Doing Organized and Replicable Research Joan Llull

Volume 2

Produce and Communicate Your Research

Lecture 325 min Visualizing Economic Research Guillermo Marín & Dirk Foremny Lecture 420 min Academic Talks in Economics Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela Lecture 520 min Crafting the Job Market Paper Albrecht Glitz Closing Lecture25 min Research Products in Economics Diego Puga

Back matter

Afterword

How to cite

Chesa-Llorens, Anna, and Mengwei Lin, eds. 2026. The BESTEPS Guide: 7 Lessons towards Effective Economics PhD Research. Barcelona: University of Barcelona School of Economics. https://diposit.ub.edu/items/97432c44-013c-45d3-917b-aa87467f216d.

BibTeX

@book{ChesaLlorensLin2026BESTEPS,
  editor    = {Chesa-Llorens, Anna and Lin, Mengwei},
  title     = {The {BESTEPS} Guide: 7 Lessons towards Effective Economics {PhD} Research},
  publisher = {University of Barcelona School of Economics},
  address   = {Barcelona},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://diposit.ub.edu/items/97432c44-013c-45d3-917b-aa87467f216d}
}

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0).

The BESTEPS Guide · Chesa-Llorens & Lin (eds.) · CC BY-ND 4.0