Term paper instruction
The topic of the term paper is:
To review the growth performance of China. You should cover:
1) what kind of economic reform is carried out;
2) how economic growth is related to investment;
3) how economic growth is related to human capital accumulation;
4) what the role of trade expansion is;
5) what the role of urbanization is.
The basic requirements for the term paper are:
Be related to what is discussed in class
Use at least 3 academic references. Citation style requirement: American Psychological Association (APA). Library reference for the APA guide: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/uploads/apa_qg_6th_edition_2013-06-20.pdf.
Be free of grammatical errors;
The paper must be typed and double-spaced;
There is a title page that contains a title, an abstract, your name and ID;
Minimum four and maximum five pages for the main text excluding the title page, reference pages, and tables and figures.
The help for writing term papers can be found at: http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/content.php?pid=57725.
Our library provides guides on writing a research paper and the link is: http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/content.php?pid=57725&sid=422777.
Readings and Data
Asian Development Bank, Key Indicators 2012 at: http://www.adb.org/publications/key-indicators-asia-and-pacific-2012?ref=data/publications.
Daly, M. (2011). Evolution of Asia's Outward-Looking Economic Policies: Some Lessons from Trade Policy Reviews. Staff Working Paper ERSD-2011-12.
Krumm, K. L. and H. J. Kharas (2004). East Asia Integrates a Trade Policy Agenda for Shared Growth. New York, World Bank.
Obstfeld, M. (2013). Never Say Never: Commentary on a Policymaker's Reflections. the 14th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference. Washington, DC.
Rodrik, D. (2010). Diagnostics before Prescription. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(3), 33-44. doi: http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/
Stiglitz, J. E. and S. Yusuf (2001). Rethinking the East Asia miracle. Washington, D.C. New York, World Bank; Oxford University Press.
World Bank. (1993). The East Asian Miracle : Economic Growth and Public Policy. New York, .. Oxford University Press.
World Bank (2010). An East Asian Renaissance. Washington, DC, World Bank