International Economics
Prepare a short (around10-14 pages long) research paper on one of the following topics:
1. Trade Policy of …. (a country of your choice)
2. Exchange Rate Policy of … (a country of your choice)
3. Structural Adjustment Policies in …. (a country or an economic region of your choice)
4. Monetary Policy in … (a country or a region) after the Global Financial and Economic Crisis of 2007-2012
5. Anti-Poverty Strategies and Policies in … (a country or an economic region of your choice)
6. Economic and Financial Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paper format:
Title page (title, author’s name, abstract)
I. Introduction (state the main purpose of your study, briefly describe the working hypothesis, also describe the analytical model (if any) and the methodology, paper organization)
II. Literature overview
III. The model description or core analytical discussion of the main concept
IV. Empirical evidence
V. Conclusions
References
Footnotes, tables, figures can be included in the main text.
Useful internet library resources:
Social Science Research Network www.ssrn.com
Research Papers in Economics www.repec.org
Economists Online http://www.economistsonline.org/home
The German National Library of Economics http://www.zbw.eu/index-e.html
FRB St. Louis database: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/
Scientific Commons http://en.scientificcommons.org/
Bank for International Settlements www.bis.org
IMF – Global Financial Stability Reports: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfsr/index.htm
and others.
Sample Solution
Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy is a form of discrimination and repression, which harms victims and may further isolate them. Many acts of conversion therapy bear strong similarities to internationally acknowledged acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. These acts will subject the individual to significant or severe mental and physical pain and suffering with long-term harmful effects, as the treatment is inherently humiliating, demeaning and discriminatory. Children and minors are particularly vulnerable, with a sharp increase of suicidal and depressive tendencies in those who have experienced conversion therapy. Health professionals should refuse to conduct conversion therapy and should report colleagues who advertise or perform it to the authorities. National medical and mental health associations should take the appropriate steps to work with state authorities and governments to pass laws which ban conversion therapy. Furthermore, states have a responsibility to regulate health and education services and rid it of this harmful practice, which some promote.
