fabienpetiteconomics / thesis

This thesis provides a template for Ph.D. students from the Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Aix-Marseille University.

AMSE Thesis Template

This thesis provides a template for Ph.D. students from the Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Aix-Marseille University. If you are interested in this template, it means that the end of your Ph.D. journey approaches. First of all, congratulations! This is the home straight! Do not hesitate to contribute to this template. This is a public good. People have spent time on that public good so that you can save some of yours, thus, please help the next AMSE generations by reporting bugs and/or by suggesting changes that you think would be useful to others.

List of directories and files

General structure

The general structure of the thesis template is organized as follows.

FILE/FOLDER	DESCRIPTION
chap1	First chapter content
chap2	Second chapter content
chap3	Third chapter content
fonts	All fonts used
logo	All logos used
tex	Main files
.latexmkrc	Latexmk script
amse_these.cls	Configuration
biblio.bib	Bibliography
PETIT_Thesis.pdf	Thesis
PETIT_Thesis_Defense.pdf	Slides
presentation.tex	Main file for slides
t1fit.fd	Font Definition script
these.tex	Main file for thesis

Thesis structure

The structure of the thesis is called from the these.tex file. Dependencies are contained in the tex folder which is organized as follows.

FILE/FOLDER	DESCRIPTION
abstract.tex	Abstract (EN)
chap1.tex	First chapter structure
chap2.tex	Second chapter structure
chap3.tex	Third chapter structure
conc.tex	Conclusion
intro.tex	Introduction
licence.tex	Licence
publi.tex	Publications and Conferences
remercie.tex	Acknowledgments
resume.tex	Abstract (FR)
titre.tex	Title page

Chapter structure

A chapter is called from the these.tex file. The structure of the chapter lies in the corresponding tex folder (e.g. chap1.tex), whereas the content of the chapter is contained in the corresponding folder (e.g. chap1). The structure of this latter folder is as follows.

FILE/FOLDER	DESCRIPTION
chapters	Sections and content
graphic	Figures (in image format)
tabular	Tables (in tabular format)

The figure and table environments are in the text.

Instructions (aka the cooking recipe)

There are several recommended steps to move from your working papers to this thesis structure. This list is non-exhaustive. To add packages, insert your changes at the end of the amse_these.cls file.

Title page (titre.tex)

• Add your numéro national de thèse (NNT) and numéro local (NL). Those can be found on https://depot-theses.univ-amu.fr/.
• Change the date of your thesis defense.
• Change the name (one Fabien Petit is enough, trust me) and the title.
• Check laboratories and research partners, check also the logos at the bottom. You can add logos into the logo folder. Adjust the minipage size if necessary.
• Double-check the institutions of your jury members.

Licence (licence.tex)

• Change the names and the date.
• Sign it.

Résumé/Abstract/Acknowledgements/Publications (resume.tex/abstract.tex/remercie.tex/publi.tex)

• You know what to do, you're a big grown Ph.D. student.

Bibliography (biblio.bib)

• Insert ALL your references (from all chapters) into this bib file.
• Remove abstract, doi, url, isbn, eprint, and related fields for all references.
• Check duplicates.

General Introduction/General Conclusion (intro.tex/conclu.tex)

• Normal citation: use \citet command
• Without parentheses citation: use \citealt command
• Pro tip: use CTRL+F to replace your \cite{ with \citet{. Do not forget the {! (CTRL+F is Cmd+F for muggles)

Any chapter (chapX.tex)

• This is where the fun begins!
• I would suggest you deal with one chapter at a time. Comment the \inputcommand of chapters you're not working on when compiling, this should reduce the compilation time.
• In the tex/chapX.tex file, change the abstract, keywords, and JEL codes. Within the refsection environment, define the structure of your chapter. If you don't like working with chapters for your sections (i.e. you're a shambolic Ph.D. student), you can insert your whole paper in this file.
• You may have used the same labels in different chapters (e.g. \label{eq:utility}), thus, you want to avoid multiple references.
• For labels, replace \label{ with \label{chap1-, \ref{ with \ref{chap1-, and \eqref{ with \eqref{chap1-.
• Check the \input location of your tables and figures. You may want to use the same trick for input, i.e. replace \input{ with \input{chap1/.

Acknowledgments

This template was copied and improved from github.com/SCD-Aix-Marseille-Universite/latexamu to fit AMSE students' needs. I thank Julieta Peveri and Rosnel Sesssinou for their advice while writing this template. I am grateful to Sarah Vincent for updating this template.