Reaction Paper Assignments

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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? ;