Review paper

Assignment 1

Carefully study the paper (Ionnides et al., 2008). Write an essay to critically discuss the paper, including, but not necessarily limiting to, the following aspects:

· Research topic with background.

· Theoretical aspects of the topic.

· Rationale of the study.

· The constructs and how they were operationalized.

· Units of analysis.

· The research hypotheses.

· Protection against threats to validity.

· Conclusions of the research, with respect to the hypotheses and generalized statements.

The essay should follow a logical structure, and be divided into thematic sections (not necessarily based on the bullet points above.

Format

· MS Word document. Maximum 8 pages of text.

· Times New Roman 12 pt. font and 1.5 line spacing on A4 size paper.

· Graphics (if any) can take extra pages.

· Divide the essay into sections, including an introduction in the beginning, and conclusion and references at the end.

· Section headers will have the same font and font size as the body but will be in bold typeface.

· Follow standard style (APA) for citations and references.

· Be careful not to commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offence

Reference

Ioannides, Y.M., Overman, H.G., Rossi-Hansberg, E., & Schmidheiny, K. (2008). The Effect of Information and Communication Technologies on Urban Structure. Economic Policy, 23, 201-242.