1. How has evidence about the effectiveness of wearing of face masks in combating COVID-19 evolved over time?
2. Why have many countries changed their policies towards the wearing of face masks over time? Why are there still significant differences in policies towards the waring of face masks across countries and even across different areas within the same countries? Please focus on factors influencing policy context.
3. How would you assess the performance the policy of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the wearing of face masks? What might be the optimal policy of the WHO on the wearing of face masks?
4. What lessons can you draw about the influence of policy context on policy- making?

Once you have selected a topic, be sure to conduct a thorough Review of Literature on the subject. The minimum length of your course paper is 10 pages, double-spaced without the title page and the page on references. There is no upper page limit for your paper. Additional guidance will be provided during the first week of the course.

Organize your paper with five sections:

Introduction and objective. Make sure the objective is specific.
Literature Review. Conduct a search on the topic of your paper and summarize works of others similar to what you are writing on. Be sure to follow APA guidelines. The following link contains basics of APA style guidelines:
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Analysis: Analyze your topic with reference to the objective.
Summary and conclusion.
References. Provide at least five references, at least two of which must be scholarly books and /or journals.

You are welcome to send your topic and the

Referee Report
Pretend that you are a peer reviewer for a top general-interest journal, say the American Economic Review. Your job is to advise the editor on whether or not to accept the paper. I expect reports with no less than 3 pages and no more than 4 pages. You will also have to give a 10 min presentation (5-6 slides) summarizing the paper.

A good referee report takes the following format:
1) An introduction that provides a very short overview of the main thrust of the paper (1 paragraph).
2) A summary of the paper, focusing on the main points of the paper and the points that will be important to your critique. A summary that is typically one paragraph and contains a brief statement of the question addressed by the author, an outline of how the author answers the question at hand, and a brief synopsis of the results. (2-3 paragraphs)
3) Referees outline both the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology used by the authors. Many referees make the mistake of on

Referee Report
Pretend that you are a peer reviewer for a top general-interest journal, say the American Economic Review. Your job is to advise the editor on whether or not to accept the paper. I expect reports with no less than 3 pages and no more than 4 pages. You will also have to give a 10 min presentation (5-6 slides) summarizing the paper.

A good referee report takes the following format:
1) An introduction that provides a very short overview of the main thrust of the paper (1 paragraph).
2) A summary of the paper, focusing on the main points of the paper and the points that will be important to your critique. A summary that is typically one paragraph and contains a brief statement of the question addressed by the author, an outline of how the author answers the question at hand, and a brief synopsis of the results. (2-3 paragraphs)
3) Referees outline both the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology used by the authors. Many referees make the mistake of on

Referee Report
Pretend that you are a peer reviewer for a top general-interest journal, say the American Economic Review. Your job is to advise the editor on whether or not to accept the paper. I expect reports with no less than 3 pages and no more than 4 pages. You will also have to give a 10 min presentation (5-6 slides) summarizing the paper.

A good referee report takes the following format:
1) An introduction that provides a very short overview of the main thrust of the paper (1 paragraph).
2) A summary of the paper, focusing on the main points of the paper and the points that will be important to your critique. A summary that is typically one paragraph and contains a brief statement of the question addressed by the author, an outline of how the author answers the question at hand, and a brief synopsis of the results. (2-3 paragraphs)
3) Referees outline both the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology used by the authors. Many referees make the mistake of on

Referee Report
Pretend that you are a peer reviewer for a top general-interest journal, say the American Economic Review. Your job is to advise the editor on whether or not to accept the paper. I expect reports with no less than 3 pages and no more than 4 pages. You will also have to give a 10 min presentation (5-6 slides) summarizing the paper.

A good referee report takes the following format:
1) An introduction that provides a very short overview of the main thrust of the paper (1 paragraph).
2) A summary of the paper, focusing on the main points of the paper and the points that will be important to your critique. A summary that is typically one paragraph and contains a brief statement of the question addressed by the author, an outline of how the author answers the question at hand, and a brief synopsis of the results. (2-3 paragraphs)
3) Referees outline both the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology used by the authors. Many referees make the mistake of on

Watch this video (Oligopolies and Monopolistic Competition) to help you prepare for this weeks discussion:




Reply to these prompts using the company for which you currently work, a business with which you're familiar, or a dream business you want to start:

With your selected business in mind, determine if it is competitive, monopolistic competitive, an oligopoly, or pure monopoly. Explain how you drew your conclusion about its market structure.
How does the business/firm in this industry determine the price it will charge for the products or services it sells?
Have a conversation with your peers:

Read one of your peers posts and share an insight or question you have about that business and its market structure.

Please no citations or references. Only one paragraph with a question at the end followed by the answer.

Average is Over, https://amzn.to/3e9Lj7I , by Tyler Cowen


Critical book review
Read a recent book on the topic of economic growth and write a critical review. My suggested books
are found below.
This critical review should be 5-7 pages in length. The content of your essay should discuss the
following:
1. A summary of the author's main thesis.
2. What you consider the strongest piece of evidence or logic *supporting* the thesis.
3. What you consider the weakest point or hole in the thesis.
4. How the thesis fits within the theory of economic growth you learned in this course. Does it
question the facts or theory we developed, or support them? How would you describe the
authors thesis using the models we discussed in class?
5. An argument for whether I should assign this book to everyone in a future version of this
course.
Grading
An A project: Grammar and spelling are so good that I don't notice them, and can focus on the
content o

Submit a one-page response to the following questions after the Coates and Humphreysarticle on stadium subsidies.
1.  Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Subsidies for Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and Mega-Events?  What is the opinion of most economists?
2.  Give at least two examples of outputs that have been used to measure the effectiveness of stadium subsidies and their findings.
3.  There seems to be a discrepancy in ex-ante (before) and ex-post (after) work done to analyze the returns to stadium subsidies.  Why?
4.  How  could  a  winners  curse  explain  why  cities  may  not  get  the  expected  returns on their investment?  (Winners curse is defined in the textbook and most intermediate micro texts.)

A paper on a microeconomic topic is required for this course. As per your Course Outline, you are required to submit a written assignment (course paper) for this course. There are fifty (50) points available for the written assignment and it is worth 20% of your course grade. Your course paper must address the following microeconomic topics:

Interpret the market conditions or market structures of real businesses (CLO3 or CLO1)
Employ marginal analysis to consumer and production decisions (CLO2, CLO6, CLO7)
Illustrate the concept of elasticity (CLO4)
Practice writing and analytical skills.

Select ONE firm from these options: Amazon, Boeing, Costco, Facebook, Gillette, Hachette, J.C. Penney, McDonalds, Priceline, Schick, Virgin Atlantic, and Wal-Mart. These firms are mentioned in your textbook as business cases, so you can read those sections to get some motivation for your paper. I also recommend to read current news and use the NU Library site for ECO203 to f