You are required to identify one relevant economic article or academic paper that is broadly related to any of the topics covered in the unit and write an essay of 700-800 words critically reviewing the article or paper. Please follow the instructions below:
(a) Briefly summarise the main points of the article. Comment on the accuracy of the writer’s use of economic concepts.
(b) Indicate how the article pertains to topics in microeconomics or macroeconomics. Be sure to identify and discuss the model/models or economic theory/theories implicit in the article.Is the article well written? Why? Why not?
(c) What have you learned about microeconomics or macroeconomics from the article?
Some relevant sources of information to get you started are listed below:
- The Sydney Morning Herald
- The Age
- The Australian
- The Australian Financial Review
- Canberra Times
- The Economist
- Australian Economic Review (academic journal)
- Economic Record (academic journal)
- Economic Papers (academic journal)
To assist you in undertaking the assignment, I have posted below a “Sample Research and Critical Review Exercise” paper submitted by a student enrolled in this unit previously. This sample paper provides one good example of how to approach the assignment. A feature of this sample paper is that the student has outlined the relevant economic theory/models so that there is a solid benchmark against which to assess the newspaper article the student is commenting upon. I emphasise this example is just one way of undertaking the assignment. Other students have obtained even higher marks with different approaches, but a common feature of all high scoring assignments is that they comply with the instructions in the Unit Outline.
In case it assists you with the assignment, here is the Marking Criteria for Research and Review Exercise that the markers of the assignment will use.
