[2] If you do not have any idea yet, try to confine your search within a sub-field of economics such as labor economics, financial economics, macroeconomics, industrial organizations, international trade, and development.
Then, try to google search for relevant papers that you would like to start with.
When you read a paper, don’t try to read and understand everything written there. You have to determine what the paper is mainly about, and keep thinking how it would be relevant to your paper.
[3] Regarding the style of your final paper, try to imitate the style of a published journal in economics, such as Econometrica, Journal of Labor Economics, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies.
Also try to imitate one of the reference styles there too.
As I emphasize again, the single goal of yours in this seminar course is to produce a nice and neat research paper of your own. Don’t hesitate to talk to me if you feel stuck or have difficulty.
As you prepare the presentation of your research proposal, I suggest that you need to practice the presentation at least two or three times prior to the actual presentation, rehearsing your presentation to the time limited to 30 minutes.
The order of the presentation slides and their contents are ultimately your choice, but here is some guide line that you may use.
!!Related presentation requirement(same as proposal requirement)
[1] Research Question: What is this research about?
Why is it interesting?
You introduce your research question, your reasoning behind it, and
some background in the literature.
[2] Data Sets: You need to explain the data sets.
What major variables does the data set include?
What are the ranges of observation periods?
How are the data set obtained?
What are interesting features that the data have?
(You may show us some graphs, trends, or scatter plots, or correlation
coefficients, sample mean or variance of certain variables, depending
their relevance to your research question as some background material.)
[3] The Econometric Model
You need to show us the econometric model such as linear regression
model, binary regression model, or time series model depending on your
researches. Explain the underlying assumptions whether they are
restrictive or permissible given the data set. Explain what variables are
included and why.
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