Economic Research Assignment
This is a big assignment . your required to write the proposal first read the instruction and write the proposal u have 8 hours
RESEARCH PAPER DETAILS ECONOMICS 5130
OVERVIEW You will produce a 10-12 page research paper (about 3,000-3,600 words of main text) for this course. Your research paper will:
– briefly review the relevant literature – motivate an original hypothesis – test that hypothesis with an original analysis
(analytically, empirically, or narratively) – contain a bibliography of all sources – contain an appendix of charts, graphs, tables, etc., as
appropriate
The methods to test a hypothesis are numerous, e.g. mathematical models, regression analysis, other statistical tests, reviews and interpretations of the narrative historical evidence, etc. Choose a method suitable to your hypothesis. As this is an economic history course, you are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to do a quantitative analysis. You must turn in a research proposal outlining your hypothesis and methods for testing clearly. The research proposal is worth 20 points toward the 200 points total for your research paper. See the syllabus proposal due date. You will turn in a paper copy of your research paper on the last day of class at 8:00 am, using one stable in the upper left-hand corner. LIBRARY RESOURCES For our Sept. 19th, 2018 lecture, Professor Hilary Bussell, the Economics Librarian at the Ohio State University will guest lecture about using library resources to find peer-reviewed academic journal articles. Please attend with your laptop or tablet as you will be trying these tools out yourself in an activity. TOPICS Your topic should:
– be European in nature – be historical (i.e. about a time period before 1950) – be economic in nature – NOT be a topic covered in-depth during lecture (see
syllabus for a list of topics covered during lecture)
SOURCES You should use at least FIVE academic sources for your research paper. We will discuss what constitutes an acceptable academic source during the semester. Sources on the syllabus reading list do not count. The OSU library’s guide to research in economics is at the following website: http://guides.osu.edu/economics Here is a non-exhaustive list of helpful links to quantitative historical data for Europe: International Historical Statistics http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1001436 Time period: Varies, as far back as 1750 Place: Worldwide Statistics: Various demographic, government, financial, fiscal, industrial, infrastructure, trade, aggregate economic time series, etc. GFD Finaeon http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1000864 Time period: Varies, as far back as 1200 CE Place: Worldwide Statistics: Financial data. Various bond, stock, real estate, CPI, currency exchange, etc. Note: Must register for account (free via OSU library) Historicalstatistics.org http://www.historicalstatistics.org/ Time period: Varies Place: Major European countries, some limited international Statistics: Various demographic, government, financial, fiscal, industrial, trade, aggregate economic time series, etc. RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet https://www.aeaweb.org/rfe/showCat.php?cat_id=6 Mainly, a database of databases. Global Price and Income History Group http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/index-main.html Time period: Varies Place: Worldwide Statistics: Various food prices, income estimates, nominal GDP, some government budget
http://guides.osu.edu/economics
http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1001436
http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1000864
http://www.historicalstatistics.org/
https://www.aeaweb.org/rfe/showCat.php?cat_id=6
http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/index-main.html
Penn World Table https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/ Time period: 1950-today Place: Worldwide Statistics: Real national income accounts The Maddison Project http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/maddison-project/home.htm Time period: Varies, as far back as 1 CE Place: Worldwide Statistics: Population, GDP, GDP per capita estimates EH.net Databases http://eh.net/databases/ Time period: Varies Place: Mostly UK & USA Statistics: Varies Measuring Worth https://www.measuringworth.com/index.php Great resource for quickly comparing prices across time. Mostly UK & USA. ICPSR http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ The ultimate social science data repository (5,000,000 variables from across 10,500 studies). Demographic, political, social, health, and economic data from research all over the globe. Data on the History of the English Economy, 1150-1914 http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/data.html Time period: 1150-1914 Place: England Statistics: Prof. Gregory Clark’s data on living standards, prices, wages, wealth, capital returns, rents, etc. Data and Estimates http://economics.ucdavis.edu/people/fzlinder/peter-linderts- webpage/data-and-estimates Time period: 1600-today Place: Britain, China, some worldwide Statistics: Prof. Peter Lindert’s data on social tables (income distribution), public finances, soil, probates, sovereign debt, etc.
https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/
http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/maddison-project/home.htm
http://eh.net/databases/
https://www.measuringworth.com/index.php
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/
http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/data.html
http://economics.ucdavis.edu/people/fzlinder/peter-linderts-webpage/data-and-estimates
http://economics.ucdavis.edu/people/fzlinder/peter-linderts-webpage/data-and-estimates
This Time is Different http://www.carmenreinhart.com/this-time-is-different/ Time period: 1800-today Place: Worldwide Statistics: Prof. Carmen Reinhart & Prof. Kenneth Rogoff’s data on debt, defaults, inflation, financial crises, asset prices, financial data, etc. Clio Infra – Research Infrastructure for the study of Global Inequality http://www.cgeh.nl/clio-infra-research-infrastructure-study- global-inequality Time period: 385 BCE-today Place: Worldwide Statistics: Early economies, human capital, institutions (political institutions, democracy index, conflicts & wars, etc.), population, and urbanization data Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/ A varied collection of data visualizations. Mostly 20th-21st century. North Atlantic Population Project https://www.nappdata.org/napp/ Time period: 1703-1911 Place: Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States Statistics: Representative microdata samples from historical censuses from 8 countries in the North Atlantic with harmonized variables on household characteristics, demography, occupation, education, residence, etc. IMF Data http://www.imf.org/en/Data Time period: mostly 20th-21st century Place: Worldwide Statistics: Macro time series, financial data, exchange rates, etc. World Bank Open Data http://data.worldbank.org/ Time period: mostly 20th-21st century Place: Worldwide Statistics: Macro time series, developmental indicators, poverty rates, microdata survey data, etc.
http://www.carmenreinhart.com/this-time-is-different/
http://www.cgeh.nl/clio-infra-research-infrastructure-study-global-inequality
http://www.cgeh.nl/clio-infra-research-infrastructure-study-global-inequality
https://ourworldindata.org/
https://www.nappdata.org/napp/
http://www.imf.org/en/Data
http://data.worldbank.org/
World-Historical Dataverse http://www.dataverse.pitt.edu/external/datasets.php A database of databases. Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/memdb/database_list.html Time period: 800-1815 CE Place: Europe Statistics: Exchange rates, monetary data, grain prices, wages PLAGARISM You will upload an electronic copy of your paper to http://www.turnitin.com for plagiarism review by 11:59 am on the last day of class. Our TurnItIn.com class ID number is 18640013 and the password is “econ” (no quotes, lower case). Please see the “Academic Misconduct” section of the course’s syllabus for course policies and links about plagiarism. I will not accept late proposals or papers without prior arrangements. The grading rubric is below.
http://www.dataverse.pitt.edu/external/datasets.php
http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/memdb/database_list.html
http://www.turnitin.com/
NAME: __________________________________________________________ Thesis Motivates report with quick introduction, defines interesting puzzle
/10
Has a strong, non-trivial, falsifiable hypothesis (original)
/10
Function Uses literature review to develop hypothesis
/10 Uses economic theory to support hypothesis
/10 Uses economic evidence to test hypothesis in scientific manner (quantitative or qualitative)
/10 FIVE academic sources (academic books, peer-reviewed journal articles, etc.). Should focus on economics sources. Sources on reading list do not count.
/10 Forceful, short conclusion
/10 Form Clarity
/10 Structure, style, smooth transitions between points, between 10-12 pages
/10 Spelling, grammar, punctuation
/10 Total
/100 Convert to grade points = Rounddown(Total/100 × 180)
/180
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