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RequirementsforCOMMONResearchPaperUpdatedMay2019.docxRESEARCH PAPER FORMAT:
Assignment Date Formatted as mm/dd/yy
Class Name section: example ECON 2302-105
Paper Title
Page number of number of pages: example page 5 of 8
Paper Body Format
Microsoft Word
Left Justified
Font Arial 11 point Normal
Spacing 1.5 Maximum
Margins 1” all around
Bolding, underlining, italics fonts is permissible for emphasis such as is used in these instructions
Length: Minimum of 5 pages
Not including:
Title Pages,
Work Cited, including footnotes,
Graphics such as data tables, Graphs, Images etc.
Submission requirements: The paper must be submitted in two areas before it is considered for grading.
Administrative Submission
Turn it in Sumission
Emailed Papers will neither be Accepted or Acknowledged. Submission in one portal but not another will result in Zero. Must be submitted on time, No reopens.
This Research Paper should not be plagiarized. Plagiarized Papers are not viewed or graded. This is a TERM RESEARCH PAPER
This is not an op-ed but a term research paper. Normative Statements will not be accepted. Non-vetted sites or non-scholarly sites or journals are not sources and will not be accepted. Students should use the articles presented and their textbook.
The articles are background information. Students must use the articles and must use theories learned in class to explain the articles’ positions.
MACRO STUDENTS
The macro argument should involve theories learned from
CPI, GDP Economic Growth, Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply, Multiplier effect, etc
MICRO STUDENTS
The micro argument should involve theories learned from:
Theory of the Firm, Costs of Production, Resources Costs, MRP, MC,
Here is a useful Website that may help students to distinguish between a descriptive VS an Analytical Research Paper:
https://www.monash.edu/rlo/assignment-samples/assignment-types/writing-an-essay/analysis-vs-description
This website helps students with the Analytical Economic Research paper:
https://www.ibmastery.com/blog/how-to-structure-your-economics-essay:
The older articles generated published critiques in peer reviewed articles. This means students should perform a literature review of “peer reviewed” articles to form their “ measured, qualified conclusion. RESEARCH NOT RANTS ”
Although the Question is the same for Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, the concepts used to evaluate the thesis are different. Submitting the “Same paper or similar paper for RCON 2301 and Econ 2302 is plagiarism. AT least one paper will Earn zero points
From Macro: Public Policy Fiscal and Monetary policy
From Micro: Theory of the Firm Resources.
Professorial Hints:
What is the goal?
Why would you want to raise the minimum wage?
ECONOMICS is always asking “Why!”
What is the data?
What is the empirical evidence?
Use facts and Positive Statements NOT normative statements.
Students must “Make A Decision.” And defend their decisions within the parameters of Economics theory and peer reviewed articles.
In Economics, Opinion is defined is the “well informed analysis of the thesis.” Rants are not Research
