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    Assignment Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria
    Instructor: Constantin Colonescu
    Course: Econ 399 ∗
    March 18, 2016
    Contents
    1 Assignment 2
    2 Find an Appropriate Research Topic 2
    3 Articulate a Meaningful Research Question 3
    4 Compile a Relevant Literature Review 3
    5 Collect and Organize Data Efficiently 3
    6 Build Correct and Thoughtful Models 4
    7 Write a Clear, Cohesive, and Coherent Paper 5
    8 Evaluation Criteria 5
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    代写 Econ 399 Term Paper

     
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    1 Assignment
    Write an Econometrics research paper 1 using the methods studied in the Econ 399
    course at MacEwan University. The paper shall be 8 to 10 page long excluding an op-
    tional Appendix, use Times New Roman of size 12 or equivalent, be double-spaced,
    and follow the APA documentation style. A summary of the APA style is avail-
    able on Blackboard. The paper shall use only the econometric package Gretl for the
    quantitative analysis part. Submit your paper in Word format, together with
    your Gretl script file and Gretl data file on Blackboard. The paper shall
    include only, and all of, the following parts: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, Lit-
    erature Review, Method and Data, Results and Analysis, Conclusion, Works Cited,
    and, optional, an Appendix. Any hint of plagiarism, as defined by our university’s
    policies will be severely penalized.
    2 Find an Appropriate Research Topic
    A research topic could be a micro- a macroeconomic problem. An appropriate
    research topic is one that is interesting (your target audience should find a reason
    to read your paper), it is neither too broad nor too narrow. Writing about the
    relationship between longevity and education in your family is too narrow. Seeking
    for the effect of an increase in national parks fees on the snowshoe sales is too narrow,
    unless you are employed by a snowshoe producer (you are not: for the purposes of this
    project, you are wearing the shoes of a student in an Econometrics class, irrespective
    of your private employment status). Seeking for the determinants of global warming
    is too broad a topic.
    Here are some examples of topic categories that may inspire you: workplace
    relationships and discrimination, individual decisions about spending, saving, where
    to live, whether to buy or lease a car or an apartment, to go to college or work; the
    structure or prices for specific goods or services; the structure of a particular market,
    such as the market for credit cards, notarial or legal services, retail banking, financial
    assets, beer, TV programs, internet videos, online retail services, and ice climbing
    guided trips (maybe too narrow); interest rates, taxes, micro and macroeconomic
    policies and their effects, economic growth in a particular country or in a cross section
    of countries or provinces, government spending, or urban development; environment;
    1 Unless you specifically advise me otherwise, you implicitly allow me to submit your paper, on
    your behalf, to our department’s “best paper award” that takes place every year at the end of the
    spring semester. I shall decide whether to submit it or not. You are free, however, to submit it
    yourself if you so desire; you do not need my permission to do so.
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    the health system; the education system; and the effect of unemployment benefits
    on unemployment. There are many web resources, such as http://goo.gl/Fsu7cF,
    listing potential research topics and providing tips about how to find one.
    3 Articulate a Meaningful Research Question
    Once you have determined an approximate topic, try to figure out what intrigues
    you about that topic and formulate a specific question that your paper will answer.
    Within your topic, the question should be broad enough to be of scientific interest for
    the economic community (to advance knowledge in Economics) or to be of practical
    interest for a broader category of people, but narrow enough to be feasible. Examples:
    The question ”What is the cost of building a bridge over the Saskatchewan river?” is
    too narrow a question because it does not enrich our understanding about how things
    work, unless you prove otherwise; such a question is also improper for this course
    because it does not require the use of econometric methods, unless you reasonably
    claim otherwise; The question ”How is the Health System in Canada Organized?” is
    too broad and requires extensive description rather than quantitative analysis. Yes,
    your question should involve gathering data, applying a quantitative method studied
    in our Econ 399 course, and testing hypotheses. The feasibility of your research
    question is determined by the time you have to write your paper (not too much
    left!), by the material studied in Econ 399, by the data you can find, and whether
    your thesis can be formulated as a testable hypothesis.
    4 Compile a Relevant Literature Review
    Search for related academic literature and identify similar work. A good place
    to start is our library’s Economics web page and our library database access (look
    for the Econlit and JSTOR data bases); another place is Ideas (https://ideas.
    repec.org/). Make notes and save references to include in your literature review
    and bibliography.
    5 Collect and Organize Data Efficiently
    Collect, clean, and organize data. Here are a few data sources: CHASS at Univ.
    of Toronto (http://sda.chass.utoronto.ca/sdaweb/sda.htm), Penn World Ta-
    bles at CHASS (http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/pwt/), Quandl (https:
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    //goo.gl/wFZJVx), WDI (http://goo.gl/HOaHVR), Eurostat (http://ec.europa.
    eu/eurostat/data/database) and more at MacEwan Library data web page (http:
    //goo.gl/VchFVP). Data librarian Tara Stigliz and economics librarian Robyn Hall
    may be able to help you to get data for which access is restricted. A very handy
    source of data is Gretl itself: just select ‘File - Databases - On Database server...’
    and choose your source.
    Optional: There is a simple way of collecting data from WDI and Quandl, which
    requires basic knowledge of the statistics package R (https://goo.gl/SVbkDi). Here
    is an example of R code to import data from Quandl:
    library ( devtools )
    install github ( ’quandl/R−package ’ )
    library (Quandl)
    quandldata=Quandl(”NSE/OIL” , collapse=”monthly” ,
    start date=”2013−01−01” , type=”ts”)
    Here is an example of R code for importing WDI data:
    library (WDI)
    countries<−c(”BR” ,”CA” ,”IT”)
    variables<−c(”NY.GDP.MKTP.KD” ,”NE.GDI.TOTL.CD”)
    WDI <−WDI( country=countries , indicator=variables ,
    start =2012, end=2013)
    Once you have collected the data in R, you can save it under the CSV format
    and import it into Gretl. However, you do not necessarily need R for collecting data.
    Whatever your source is, you should be able to create a CSV file and import it into
    Gretl.
    6 Build Correct and Thoughtful Models
    You need to explain your choice of the variables that you include in the model and
    your choice of the functional form. You also need to describe the data and define each
    variable. It is advisable to run a few models and present the results in a summarizing
    table. Do not include extensive computer output in your paper unless you refer to
    the the extra information in your text. Test hypotheses in order to answer your
    research question.
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    7 Write a Clear, Cohesive, and Coherent Paper
    Most writers start with a plan, a road map to keep the writing on track and clarify for
    themselves the logical structure of the paper. The plan is not, however, definitive; it
    can, and it probably will change in the process of writing, but all the updated versions
    of the plan should be coherent (have a clear and correct internal logic). Write a first
    draft and enrich it afterwards with better style, grammar, and new ideas. Reserve a
    couple of days after finishing your paper to let it mature, after which work on making
    final and fine adjustments. You may wish to show your paper to a friend who could
    give you feedback about clarity and style. Then, finish the APA requirements and
    complete the “works cited” section. Finally, submit your paper, Gretl script file, and
    Gretl data file on Blackboard.
    8 Evaluation Criteria
    The paper receives up to 10 points for each of the following attributes:
    1. The paper follows closely the APA documentation style, including overall for-
    matting (title page, abstract, running head, title, author, course, and date);
    The title summarizes in a few words the main aspect of the thesis; Correct use
    of APA in formatting the in-text citations and the “works cited” section
    2. Appropriate economic topic; Meaningful research question; Clear, elaborated,
    interesting, and original thesis
    3. Well crafted introduction (question, motivation, background, thesis)
    4. The Literature Review part is reasonably extensive and well integrated with
    the research question, method, and thesis
    5. Correct data definitions and data organization; a summary statistics table is
    shown in the paper or in the Appendix
    6. Correct application of econometric methods: the author uses tests to detect
    possible violations of the model assumptions, uses hypothesis tests to support
    the thesis, correctly chooses the functional form and the variables
    7. Pertinent explanation of how the model is constructed and what its problems
    might be
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    8. Pertinent discussion and interpretation of the results; The paper acknowledges
    and addresses opposite or different views; The “Conclusion” section wisely
    summarizes the logic of the paper and the main findings without annoying
    repetition, and evaluates the paper’s contribution; It suggests directions of
    further elaboration
    9. Style: clarity, cohesion, and coherence at all levels: paper, part, paragraph,
    and sentence; The paper avoids wordiness, it is easy to read, and captures a
    reader’s attention. Useless to say, grammar is important
    10. Submission to Blackboard: paper in Word format, Gretl script file (obviously
    in Gretl format), and Gretl data file (obviously in Gretl format). The script
    and the data file shall be in working condition so that I can replicate your
    results
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