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economics They must be NEW, not reworked schoolwork or plagiarized Both essays must be on substantially different topics (Choose topics or issues raised in EC1103 lectures or seminars. This will give you somewhere to start.) Choose topics which allow you to read widely. It is always impressive to show a breadth or depth of reading. Choose topics that interest you. You will work harder on topics you enjoy. More detailed advice is given in the Guidelines for writing your essays available on Moodle. You should discuss your essay topics with your seminar leader. I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 1/1 General stuff You need to read the guidelines on Moodle! Especially notes about plagiarism and handing your essay in. The due date is 14th of January 2014. Your essay has to have a clear research question. One sentence with a question mark at the end. This will help focus what you want to talk about. Also consider the following hints: Got to be about Economics. Analytical rather than descriptive. Interesting, well defined question. Answered with Economic theory. Well researched (i.e. not Wikipedia, Investopedia, etc.). I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 2/1 Handing in your essay Before you hand in your essay to the Department Office you must first submit it to Turnitin via Moodle. Turnitin is a plagiarism detection service. Instructions on how to submit your essay will appear on Moodle. When you submit your essay on Turnitin you will receive a digital receipt to your email. You should print out the first page only of this receipt and attach it to the hard copy of your essay before handing it in the Department Office. The copy you submit to Turnitin must be identical (barring diagrams where appropriate) to the hard copy submitted. Hand in your essay to the Department Office (H209) by 12 noon on the date laid out in the current Student Handbook. I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 3/1 Plagiarism Plagiarism is a serious academic offence which can lead to failure of the course or even the loss of your degree. Examples of plagiarism are not appropriately referencing sources and failure to appropriately acknowledge the work of others in your essays. To help you familiarize yourself with rules regarding plagiarism and referencing, you are required to work through the document Guidelines for writing your essays. You should complete the online tutorial on plagiarism which is part of EC1101. Further information on this is available via a link at the course Moodle page. The Student Handbook provides additional information on plagiarism and lists a number of sources on academic writing. Academic writing courses are available from the Language Centre (see http://www.rhul.ac.uk/international/englishlanguage/in-sessional/) I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 4/1 Essay Resources Books! (in the library or a bookshop) Academic literature (economists mostly write articles in academic journals). Here are some prominent ones: American Economic Review (AER) Journal of Political Economy (JPE) Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE) Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Review of Economics and Statistics (ReStat) Economic Journal (EJ) The NBER (www.nber.org) is a great place to find working papers. JSTOR is a great online academic library where you could search for key words, authors, journals, etc. You can access these free through the library system. NBER you can access directly on campus. I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 5/1 Essay Resources There are also many ‘field’ journals, for example: Journal of Development Economics Journal of Labor Economics Journal of Public Economics Games and Economic Behaviour Journal of Financial Economics You get the idea... In addition, there are a number of webpages and blogs maintained by leading economists, which you may find interesting: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://www.freakonomics.com/ http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/ http://bigpicture.typepad.com/ http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/ Don’t forget to reference properly and provide a bibliography. I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 6/1 Data Sources Where to find data for your essays World Bank http://data.worldbank.org Main economic indicators (inflation, unemployment, output growth) Education, health, life expectancy Climate change, environment Public sector, infrastructure Eurostat http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat Main economic indicators for EU countries Industry, agriculture, international trade Population, social conditions Bank of England www.bankofengland.co.uk Financial sector, inflation, interest rates, monetary aggregates UK Office for National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk Labour market, population, education, crime, etc. I. Trapeznikova (Royal Holloway) EC1103 October 4, 2013 PLACE THIS ORDER OR A SIMILAR ORDER WITH US TODAY AND GET AN AMAZING DISCOUNT :)