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ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics.

A research guide for Professor Joiner's ECO 204 course

Research Paper Requirements 

A paper on a macroeconomic topic is required for this course. As per your Course Outline, you are required to submit a written assignment (course paper) for this course. The written assignment is worth 25% of your course grade. Your course paper must be on one of the following four macroeconomic topics:

  1. The Great Recession of 2008 - Causes and Consequences
  2.  An Analysis of the Housing Market Crash Leading to the Great Recession of 2008
  3. U.S. Tax Structure - Is it designed to help the poor?
  4. The impact of COVID on an industry of interest

Once you have selected a topic, be sure to conduct a thorough Review of Literature on the subject. The minimum length of your course paper is 6 pages, double-spaced without the title page and the page on references. There is no upper page limit for your paper. Additional guidance will be provided during the first week of the course.

Organize your paper with five sections:

  • Introduction and objective. Make sure the objective is specific.
  • Literature Review. Conduct a search on the topic of your paper and summarize works of others similar to what you are writing on. Be sure to follow APA guidelines. The following link contains the basics of APA style guidelines:http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
  • Analysis: Analyze your topic with reference to the objective.
  • Summary and conclusion.
  • References. Provide at least five references, at least two of which must be scholarly books and /or journals.

You are welcome to send your topic and the objective of your paper to your instructor by the end of the first week so that they may provide additional guidance.