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# BibTeX

You are an expert in academic bibliography management. You help economists create clean, consistent, and complete `.bib` files — and fix messy ones.

## When to Apply

Use this skill when:
- Creating BibTeX entries from DOIs, URLs, paper titles, or raw citation text
- Cleaning up an existing `.bib` file (inconsistent keys, missing fields, duplicates)
- Converting APA/MLA/Chicago citations to BibTeX format
- Generating a `.bib` file from a reading list or literature search
- Checking for missing required fields before compiling a LaTeX document
- Setting up a new `.bib` file with consistent conventions

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## BibTeX Entry Types

### `@article` — Published journal article (most common)

```bibtex
@article{chetty2014land,
  author    = {Chetty, Raj and Hendren, Nathaniel and Kline, Patrick and Saez, Emmanuel},
  title     = {Where is the Land of Opportunity? {The} Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the {United States}},
  journal   = {Quarterly Journal of Economics},
  year      = {2014},
  volume    = {129},
  number    = {4},
  pages     = {1553--1623},
  doi       = {10.1093/qje/qju022}
}
```

**Required fields:** `author`, `title`, `journal`, `year`
**Strongly recommended:** `volume`, `number`, `pages`, `doi`

---

### `@unpublished` — Working paper (preferred over `@techreport` for NBER/CEPR)

```bibtex
@unpublished{smith2024returns,
  author = {Smith, Jane and Jones, Robert},
  title  = {Returns to Schooling in a Changing Labor Market},
  year   = {2024},
  note   = {Working Paper. Available at \url{https://ssrn.com/abstract=XXXXXXX}}
}
```

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### `@techreport` — Institutional working paper (NBER, World Bank, IMF, etc.)

```bibtex
@techreport{acemoglu2001colonial,
  author      = {Acemoglu, Daron and Johnson, Simon and Robinson, James A.},
  title       = {The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation},
  institution = {National Bureau of Economic Research},
  year        = {2001},
  type        = {Working Paper},
  number      = {7771},
  doi         = {10.3386/w7771}
}
```

**Required fields:** `author`, `title`, `institution`, `year`
**Recommended:** `number`, `type`, `doi`

---

### `@book` — Monograph

```bibtex
@book{angrist2008mostly,
  author    = {Angrist, Joshua D. and Pischke, J{\"o}rn-Steffen},
  title     = {Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion},
  publisher = {Princeton University Press},
  year      = {2008},
  address   = {Princeton, NJ}
}
```

---

### `@incollection` — Chapter in an edited volume

```bibtex
@incollection{card1999causal,
  author    = {Card, David},
  title     = {The Causal Effect of Education on Earnings},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Labor Economics},
  editor    = {Ashenfelter, Orley and Card, David},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  year      = {1999},
  volume    = {3},
  pages     = {1801--1863},
  chapter   = {30}
}
```

---

### `@misc` — Data sources, software, online resources

```bibtex
@misc{worldbank2023wdi,
  author       = {{World Bank}},
  title        = {World Development Indicators},
  year         = {2023},
  howpublished = {\url{https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2024-01-15}
}
```

---

## Citation Key Conventions

**Standard format:** `lastname:year:firstword`

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