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*Need 6 page paper and 4 page PowerPoint. https://www.tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/111-trade-policy-under-trump/ Your Elevator Pitch • Job interview (Economists) • Before we start: Two universally true & important Rules • The Wharton’s rule • The MECE principle (Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive) Motivation • The most brilliant idea needs motivations. • Your audience does not care about your topic. • You have 1-2 slides to change their minds • Make them count • Anecdotes • Facts • Policy questions Question • State a research question/several questions in the Podcast. • E.g. Policy/counterfactual question: what would happen if…? • Estimate of an important “deep” parameter: how forward-looking are  consumers? • Test of an important theoretical prediction… This Podcast • Outline what your podcast is about and why? • Convey why you have something to add? • Assume the audience about to leave • Make sure they walk out with something • Be tangible but terse An Example: my job market paper • Motivation • Context • Questions • Preview of Results • Main Contributions • Then Details • …