Guide for writing the abstract of an academic economics paper. Use this skill whenever the user asks for help writing, drafting, revising, or structuring an abstract for an economics paper - whether empirical micro, development economics, applied economics, or related fields. Also trigger when the user mentions "abstract," "paper summary," or asks how to compress their findings into a short description. This skill synthesizes best practices from David Evans (CGDev), Marc Bellemare, and patterns observed in top economics journals (AER, QJE, AEJ: Applied, etc.).
692e9faHow to Write the Abstract of an Economics Paper A lot of people will read no further than the abstract of your paper to decide whether it is worth reading, sharing, or citing. Some will not even get past the title. The abstract is your most compressed sales pitch: it must tell the reader what you did and what you found, clearly and fast. This skill is based primarily on David Evans' analysis of abstracts in top economics journals, supplemented by Marc Bellemare's writing advice, empirical…
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Destination: .claude/skills/abstract · pinned to the source commit
# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 692e9fa3fea40bbdf614584d461851f8fb968ac2
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/27-dariia-m-my_claude_skills/abstract" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpReview the source before running. This copies files into your project; it is not a one-click install and does not verify runtime safety.
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y gitnpm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout 692e9fa3fea40bbdf614584d461851f8fb968ac2
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/27-dariia-m-my_claude_skills/abstract" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmpDestination: .claude/skills/abstract
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