<p>I hope this is the place to ask this question. 
I am in the first year of PhD in economics. As most of PhD students in economics, I try to show some economic mechanisms by modelling. </p>

<p>Most of time, I have a tendency to base largely on other models in the literature. I try to incorporate my idea in existing models but it does not work really well. 
For those who are in economics, how do you start to model your idea ? Do you start from a really basic model and complexify after ? </p>

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Why negative votes ? I don't understand the logic ...
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about economic modelling, not academia. If you can edit it to be more specific, it could be migrated to [economics.se] - flag it for moderator attention after editing it.
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Departure point for research in economics
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# Departure point for research in economics

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-11)

I hope this is the place to ask this question.
I am in the first year of PhD in economics. As most of PhD students in economics, I try to show some economic mechanisms by modelling.

Most of time, I have a tendency to base largely on other models in the literature. I try to incorporate my idea in existing models but it does not work really well.
For those who are in economics, how do you start to model your idea ? Do you start from a really basic model and complexify after ?

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> **username_0**: Why negative votes ? I don't understand the logic ...  
> **username_1**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about economic modelling, not academia. If you can edit it to be more specific, it could be migrated to [economics.se] - flag it for moderator attention after editing it.  

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