International Trade Research Paper
Instructions:
• Use of Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) is required.
• Text of your paper (not including title page, abstract, and bibliography) should be approximately 1500 words – no less than 1,400 words and no more than 1,700 words.
o Times New Roman, size 12 font (title can be larger)
o Standard margins
o Double-spaced
• Title page optional
• Bibliography is required; use either MLA or APA format.
o MLA: http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla
o APA: http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa
• At least two refereed journal articles are required and included within your citations. (I suggest using Google Scholar to search for articles in refereed journals.)
• Cited material cannot exceed 15% of the total word count.
• Use of third-person format is required. (No “I” or “you”)
• No table of contents
• Abstract optional and does not count as part of the paper’s required word count. If you choose to include an abstract, it should be no longer than 150 words.
topic “International Trade and Tariff Effects” effect plus or minus on each affected countries’ GDP, balance of payments, labor costs, exports/imports, etc. it is your responsibility to ensure that your topic meets the criteria for analysis of international trade and finance. Background information, as well as, discussion and history of your research topic should be minimal; definitions are not to be included. Your paper should explain, in dollars or a country’s currency, not percentages, what profits/losses occurred related to your topic, what happened economically because of your topic, what your topic would contribute to the U.S. and/or other affected countries’
economies.
Your paper’s focus must be your topic and its positive and/or negative international economic impact expressed in dollars or a country’s currency. Once again, the total focus of your paper must be quantitative analysis (currency) and not a qualitative presentation of your topic.
NOTE: Expressing comparisons as a percentage is ambiguous without a base value because the amount of change can be greater with a small percentage change versus a very large percentage change. Example:
• If a country’s GDP increase 500% but the GDP base value is only 100, their GDP is 500.
• If a country’s GDP increases 4% but the base value is 1 million, their GDP is 1,040,000.
