文档介绍：Barry R. Weingast
            Stanford University
          April 1995
All papers that you write for the next five years, and possibly the rest of your life, should have the following basic format. While different contexts require alterations, you should deviate only with good reason. Alter or leave out ponent only when you're convinced it is necessary. Like all rules of thumb, these guidelines have useful purposes, but they should not be treated as iron laws.
The format that follows is appropriate for a paper that applies a theoretical idea to a particular question. Other types of papers (., pure theory) require some adjustments. Part of the point of these rules is to get you to think about the design and structure of your papers wholly apart from the arguments in them. With rare exceptions, papers do not write themselves. Transforming a good idea into a good paper is a difficult process. A clear understanding of what each part of your paper must plish is essential to this process.
 The philosophy underlying this format is that papers are often their own worst enemies, that their structure and content impede rather aid the reader's understanding of the main point. This is especially true in circumstances where most readers do not read the paper
 The first rule of all papers is therefore:
 Papers must focus on one main point. Do not attempt to enrich your