Monetary Policy Reaction Paper

Monetary Policy Reaction Paper

Monetary Policy Reaction Paper

Monetary Policy Reaction Paper Requirements

1. a)  StudentsarerequiredtowriteapaperonatopicrelatedtotheMonetary Policy. Please visit one of the Federal Reserve Bank’s websites to obtain your paper. The link is listed below:

   http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/workingpapers.htm

2. b)  The paper will be at least 4 pages long double-spaced. Paper must be in APA format with a bibliography.
3. c)  Thefirsthalfofthepapershouldbeconciseandanswerthefollowing questions:
   •   What is the primary issue/question/hypothesis the author wants to address?
   •   Why is the question interesting?
   •   What is the data source and method used?
   •   If no data is used in the study – what is the method used by the

     author/authors for answering their research question?
     d) The second half should be a critique of your first half. It may consider one or

     more of the following questions:

   •   How is this paper related to monetary policy?
   •   Is there any causal relationship?
   •   Are you convinced about the findings? What is the strongest/weakest

     aspect of the argument/evidence? What questions remain for you? What would be a good extension or elaboration of this work?

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.