Microeconomic Term Paper

Microeconomic Term Paper: Word or Rich-Text format. This term paper should reflect on the value of Economics as a Social Science and how it relates to their lives, their employment, their community, their nation and the world community.

-Microeconomic Paper:

If you chose to write a microeconomic paper it should be oriented toward the marginal costs and benefits of a decision that an individual, business, government, etc. entity has made, will make, or may make. The paper should capture your personal interest and may reflect a situation where you are/were the decision maker. Approved topics include the following general topics:

Purchasing decisions

-Houses/cars/consumer durables/electronics
-Life/Health/Property Casualty Insurance

Production decisions

-Product development
-Product innovation
-Product manufacturing
-Starting/managing a business
-Evidence of competition or monopoly power

Environmental Issues

-Recycling benefits/costs
-Shuttering coal-fired power plants
-Electric Cars
-Cap and Trade in U.S. and/or Europe
-Oil shale development in U.S.
-Natural Gas developments in the U.S.
-Deep Water Drilling for Oil

Value oriented behaviors

-Legalization of marijuana
-Legal but damaging substance use/abuse
-Prostitution
-Euthanasia
-Abortion
-Pornography
-Altruism
-Family behaviors and decisions
-Credit management and budgeting
-Child behavior incentives
-marriage or divorce
-children or not
- Alternative lifestyles
-Others...let me know?

The paper should follow standard college written techniques, complete with footnotes or references, bibliography, and with proper grammar and spelling. The length should be 4-5 pages double spaced with 12-point font print and include a minimum of 3 outside references. If you have an alternative topic or questions on the topics let me know.