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Latex Academic

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LaTeX Academic Paper Skill

Description

Write publication-quality LaTeX for an economics research paper. Use when creating or editing any .tex file, building tables, or formatting the paper.

Document Setup (main.tex template)

latex
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{booktabs}          % Professional tables
\usepackage{graphicx}          % Figures
\usepackage{float}             % Better float control
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{natbib}            % Author-year citations
\usepackage{setspace}          % Line spacing
\usepackage{caption}           % Caption formatting
\usepackage{subcaption}        % Subfigures
\usepackage{appendix}
\usepackage{pdflscape}         % Landscape pages for wide tables
\usepackage{threeparttable}    % Table notes

\bibliographystyle{aer}        % AER style (or use chicago, ecta)
\doublespacing                 % Standard for submissions

\title{...}
\author{...}
\date{\today}

Table Formatting Rules

DO:

latex
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{Effect of GenAI on GDP PPP per capita (log)}
\label{tab:main_results}
\begin{threeparttable}
\begin{tabular}{lccc}
\toprule
 & (1) & (2) & (3) \\
 & Baseline & Controls & Full \\
\midrule
High RoL $\times$ Post-2022 & 0.052*** & 0.048** & 0.041** \\
 & (0.018) & (0.020) & (0.019) \\
\midrule
Country FE & Yes & Yes & Yes \\
Year FE & Yes & Yes & Yes \\
Controls & No & Basic & Full \\
\midrule
Observations & 3,200 & 3,100 & 2,900 \\
R$^2$ (within) & 0.85 & 0.86 & 0.87 \\
Clusters & 160 & 155 & 145 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\begin{tablenotes}[flushleft]
\small
\item \textit{Notes}: Standard errors clustered at the country level in parentheses. 
*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.10.
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

DON'T:

  • •Never use \hline — always use \toprule, \midrule, \bottomrule
  • •Never use [h] alone for float placement — use [htbp]
  • •Never hardcode table numbers — always use \label{} and \ref{}

Figure Formatting

latex
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.85\textwidth]{figures/event_study_plot.pdf}
\caption{Event study: Dynamic treatment effects on log GDP PPP per capita}
\label{fig:event_study}
\floatfoot{\textit{Notes}: Point estimates and 95\% confidence intervals from ...}
\end{figure}

Citation Patterns

  • •Narrative: \citet{acemoglu2012} → "Acemoglu and Robinson (2012) argue that..."
  • •Parenthetical: \citep{acemoglu2012} → "...(Acemoglu and Robinson, 2012)"
  • •Multiple: \citep{acemoglu2012, callaway2021} → "...(Acemoglu and Robinson, 2012; Callaway and Sant'Anna, 2021)"

Section Writing Patterns

Introduction Structure

  1. •Opening hook: Why critical junctures matter now (2-3 sentences)
  2. •The puzzle/gap: No empirical test of whether GenAI is a critical juncture (2-3 sentences)
  3. •What we do: "In this paper, we test whether..." (1-2 sentences)
  4. •Preview of results: "We find that..." (2-3 sentences)
  5. •Contribution: How this adds to the literature (2-3 sentences)
  6. •Roadmap: "The remainder of the paper is organized as follows..." (1 sentence)

Mathematics Formatting

  • •Inline: $\beta$, $\log(\text{GDP}_{it})$
  • •Display equations: use equation environment with \label
  • •Subscripts: _{it} for country-year, _{i} for country, _{t} for year
  • •Always define notation after introducing a model equation