Fall 2019 Applied Microeconomic Research
Choose either the corporate business or public policy project from the download below. First draft presentation due in TA discussion from Nov 19 to 26. TAs will provide feedback and advice to students's first draft and presentation. The final report will due in class Dec 05. Evaluation is based on the presentation and the final project report. Please schedule a presentation with your TA as soon as possible.
In the corporate business project, choose one of the publicly listed companies in global stock markets. Collect data and information to answer the research questions. For relevant concepts and theories, refer to the theories covered in lecture 12-17 and corresponding textbook chapters. The final report must be organized in PowerPoint slides.
In the government policy project, choose one of the public policies of your concern or among those discussed in the lecture. Collect data and information to answer the research questions. For relevant concepts and theories, refer to the theories covered in lecture 3, 7, 18-20 and corresponding textbook chapters. The final report must be organized in PowerPoint slides.
Please follow all instructions when preparing and submitting your PPT. Keep your answers clear, concise, and concrete. Sources and links must be provided for all data, pictures, graphs and research findings. Any plagiarism or violation of the academic honesty code will result in failing the course and the issue being reported to the academic dean.
Binghamton University Academic Honesty Code
http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/citation/honesty
PPT Format and Information Disclosure
Any violation of the instructions might cost you several points.
1. Front page: course title, submission date, TA section, project title, student name, and B#
2. Outline, introduction, and a title for each slide: organize the slides according to the sequence in the R.P.
3. Footnote on each slide: in footnotes, numbering all key information relevant to data, graphs, and citations
4. Data: a brief description of sources, document title, and links in the reference; detailed data table in the appendix
5. Citation: news, articles, websites, journal publications, textbook chapters, professional reports, working papers
6. Reference page: explain the footnotes for all slides; the key dataset; internet articles; journal publications
7. Appendix: processed data in tables, extra graphs or models, relevant research findings and calculations
Submission Policy
Indicate email subject as E160 RP - Student Name
When you submit your final work, please double check everything and avoid a re-submission.
First draft: send the file (pdf preferred) to discussion TA at least one hour before the presentation.
Final report: send the file to the instructor and your TA & submit a hardcopy in class.
Any violation of the instructions might cost you several points.
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Evaluation Standards
A: All parts of the assignment are completed correctly, or with at most a few minor mistakes, plus there is something exceptional, for example particularly thorough or insightful answers
B: All parts of the assignment are completed correctly, or with at most a few minor mistakes, but the answers aren’t particularly thorough or insightful
C: One or at most a very few parts of the assignment are incomplete, or there are at most a few substantial mistakes and/or several minor mistakes
D: Several parts of the assignment are incomplete and/or there are several substantial mistakes; some of the assignment is completed and done well, however
F: Much of the assignment is incomplete or done incorrectly