A maximum of 1000 words with references embedded in hyperlinks throughout the text. This article will be an opportunity to apply the concepts from the first couple of weeks of the semester and to learn about what steps to take to improve your written communication. You will showcase your skills with respect to gathering and evaluating evidence and marshalling arguments.
Specific Instructions:
Conversation Article Assignment
DUE October 1, 2021, 5:00pm PT.
Write an article for “The Conversation” website that explains what incentives are and how they are important for understanding public policy. You can reference the reading on Incentives (Slattery and Zidar (2020)) from the course, or other academic work in economics.
Your article may be handed in online as a text box in Canvas. It must be no more than 1000 words. (Aim for 600-800).
You can use any example you like to get your point across. The main thing is that a non-economist can understand what you are trying to convey and that your contribution meets the academic standard of research (cite your sources, and back up your arguments with references).
