quarto-papers

name	quarto-papers
description	Academic paper writing using Quarto with AEA-style formatting. Use when creating, editing, or rendering economics papers in Quarto (.qmd). Covers the hchulkim/econ-paper-template, citations, cross-references, figure/table embedding, and LaTeX output.

Quarto Academic Papers

Setup

Install the AEA-style template:

quarto use template hchulkim/econ-paper-template

Or add to existing project:

quarto add hchulkim/econ-paper-template

YAML Front Matter

---
title: "Paper Title"
author:
  - name: First Author
    affiliations: University Name
    email: [e-mail]
    acknowledgements: "Thanks to..."
  - name: Second Author
    affiliations: Another University
title-footnote: "Draft. Please do not cite without permission."
abstract: |
  This paper studies...
keywords: [keyword1, keyword2, keyword3]
date: last-modified
bibliography: bibliography.bib
format:
  aea-pdf:
    keep-tex: true
  aea-html: default
---

Rendering

# PDF (primary)
quarto render paper.qmd --to aea-pdf

# HTML (for web viewing)
quarto render paper.qmd --to aea-html

# Both formats
quarto render paper.qmd

Citations and References

Single citation: @autor2003  
Parenthetical: [@autor2003]
Multiple: [@autor2003; @dix-carneiro2017]
With page: [@autor2003, p. 123]
In-text: As shown by @autor2003, the effect...

BibTeX entry example (bibliography.bib):

@article{autor2003,
  author  = {Autor, David H. and Dorn, David and Hanson, Gordon H.},
  title   = {The China Syndrome},
  journal = {American Economic Review},
  year    = {2013},
  volume  = {103},
  number  = {6},
  pages   = {2121--2168}
}

Cross-References

Figures

@fig-results shows the main findings.

![Main Results](output/figures/main.pdf){#fig-results}

Or with code chunks:

```{r}
#| label: fig-timeseries
#| fig-cap: "Treatment effects over time"
#| fig-width: 8
#| fig-height: 5

ggplot(...) + ...
```

As shown in @fig-timeseries, the effect...

Tables

@tbl-summary presents summary statistics.

| Variable | Mean | SD |
|----------|------|-----|
| Y        | 10.5 | 2.3 |
| X        | 5.2  | 1.1 |

: Summary Statistics {#tbl-summary}

For LaTeX tables:

{{< include output/tables/main_results.tex >}}

See @tbl-main for regression results.

Equations

The model is:
$$
Y_{it} = \alpha + \beta D_{it} + \gamma X_{it} + \epsilon_{it}
$$ {#eq-main}

Equation @eq-main shows...

Sections

## Data {#sec-data}

As discussed in @sec-data...

Including External Content

Figures from files

![Caption](output/figures/figure1.pdf){#fig-label width=80%}

Tables from LaTeX files

{{< include output/tables/table1.tex >}}

Raw LaTeX (when needed)

```{=latex}
\begin{landscape}
... wide table ...
\end{landscape}

## Common Formatting

### Footnotes
```markdown
This is a statement.^[This is the footnote text.]

Block quotes

> This is a block quote from another paper.

Lists in papers

The main contributions are:

1. First contribution
2. Second contribution  
3. Third contribution

Code Chunks (for computational appendix)

```{r}
#| echo: true
#| eval: true
#| code-fold: true

# Show code in appendix
model <- feols(y ~ x | id + year, data = df)
summary(model)
```

Customization

Modify title page (_extensions/aea/partials/before-body.tex)

Edit for custom title page formatting.

Modify header (_extensions/aea/partials/_include-header.tex)

Add custom LaTeX packages:

\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{siunitx}

Colors

format:
  aea-pdf:
    linkcolor: blue
    citecolor: blue
    urlcolor: blue

Workflow Tips

1. Write in .qmd, render frequently to catch errors
2. Keep bibliography.bib in project root
3. Use relative paths for figures/tables
4. For collaboration: sync with Overleaf via Dropbox
5. Enable render-on-save in VS Code for live preview