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FINANCE, POLICY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
| Lecturer(s) | OBASHI, AYAKO; ICHIUE, HIBIKI; YAMADA, HIROYUKI |
|---|---|
| Credit(s) | 2 |
| Academic Year/Semester | 2024 Spring |
| Day/Period | Tue.3 |
| Campus | Mita |
| Class Format | Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person) |
| Registration Number | 46575 |
| Faculty/Graduate School | ECONOMICS |
| Department/Major | ECONOMICS Type A, B |
| Year Level | 3, 4 |
| Field | MAJOR SUBJECTS PCP (METHODOLOGY SEQUENCE) |
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| Course Description | The goal of this course is to acquire skills necessary to carry out an economic analysis and summarize results as a paper by working with peer classmates as a group. To achieve the goal, the professors will give a brief lecture on how to write an academic paper, and student groups will give multiple presentations and hold peer-review sessions. |
| K-Number | FEC-EC-35343-212-07 |
| Course Administrator | Faculty/Graduate School | FEC | ECONOMICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department/Major | EC | ECONOMICS | |
| Main Course Number | Level | 3 | Third-year level coursework |
| Major Classification | 5 | Major Subjects Course- Advanced Course | |
| Minor Classification | 34 | Other - PCP | |
| Subject Type | 3 | Elective subject | |
| Supplemental Course Information | Class Classification | 2 | Lecture |
| Class Format | 1 | Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person) | |
| Language of Instruction | 2 | English | |
| Academic Discipline | 07 | Economics, business administration, and related fields | |
Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome
Method: Face-to-face.
Qualification: This class is open to PCP students, master’s level graduate students (with a basic understanding of economics), and qualified exchange students only.
Language: All communications will be conducted in English. Papers also must be written in English.
Prerequisites: We strongly encourage students to take the statistics/econometrics classes in the same semester if they have not yet done so.
Goals: After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to (1) conduct academic research in the field of economics, (2) summarize research outcomes in a paper effectively, and (3) present their research outcomes in an engaging manner. Given the increasing demand for data analysis skills in industry and academia, this course will be designed to help students learn empirical skills and apply them in academic research.
How to achieve the goals (tentative):
• Step 1 (Lectures): Professors will give lectures on how to conduct academic research in economics during the first three weeks. The students will learn, for example, (1) how to choose a meaningful research question, (2) where to obtain data, (3) how to make graphs using Excel, (4) how to run regressions, (5) how to interpret the results, and (6) how to summarize them effectively.
• Step 2 (Forming groups): After completing the coursework, the students form groups and choose their research topics. The topics must be within the field of economics. Students are strongly expected to work with data.
• Step 3 (Research proposals): Each group presents its research plans, including the research question, motivations behind the question, data sources, and results from a preliminary analysis if possible. Each group receives constructive feedback from fellow students, teaching assistants, and professors.
• Step 4 (Interim presentations): Each group presents its research progress. At the same time, each group works on writing up their paper.
• Step 5 (Submission of first draft and peer-reviews): Two or three groups form a larger peer-review group. The paper written by each group will be reviewed by the other groups in the same peer-review group. Peer-review sheets with specific checkpoints will be distributed.
• Step 6 (Presentations): Each group will present their research progress in the remainder of the semester and finally at the final presentation session.
• Step 7 (Submission of final draft): The final draft of the paper is submitted.
• Students are strongly encouraged to contribute to class discussions by asking questions and making comments.
• As a conclusion to the semester, there will be the final presentation session (convocation) in which all the students taking “Finance, Policy and the Global Economy” and “Independent Study” will present their final papers (scheduled in mid-July; the exact date will be announced during the semester).
• As for the final paper, the minimum required length is 5,000 words and each student must contribute at least 1,000 words. Each student's contribution must be clearly indicated. The paper must follow the format that will be announced in class.
Qualification: This class is open to PCP students, master’s level graduate students (with a basic understanding of economics), and qualified exchange students only.
Language: All communications will be conducted in English. Papers also must be written in English.
Prerequisites: We strongly encourage students to take the statistics/econometrics classes in the same semester if they have not yet done so.
Goals: After the successful completion of the course, the students will be able to (1) conduct academic research in the field of economics, (2) summarize research outcomes in a paper effectively, and (3) present their research outcomes in an engaging manner. Given the increasing demand for data analysis skills in industry and academia, this course will be designed to help students learn empirical skills and apply them in academic research.
How to achieve the goals (tentative):
• Step 1 (Lectures): Professors will give lectures on how to conduct academic research in economics during the first three weeks. The students will learn, for example, (1) how to choose a meaningful research question, (2) where to obtain data, (3) how to make graphs using Excel, (4) how to run regressions, (5) how to interpret the results, and (6) how to summarize them effectively.
• Step 2 (Forming groups): After completing the coursework, the students form groups and choose their research topics. The topics must be within the field of economics. Students are strongly expected to work with data.
• Step 3 (Research proposals): Each group presents its research plans, including the research question, motivations behind the question, data sources, and results from a preliminary analysis if possible. Each group receives constructive feedback from fellow students, teaching assistants, and professors.
• Step 4 (Interim presentations): Each group presents its research progress. At the same time, each group works on writing up their paper.
• Step 5 (Submission of first draft and peer-reviews): Two or three groups form a larger peer-review group. The paper written by each group will be reviewed by the other groups in the same peer-review group. Peer-review sheets with specific checkpoints will be distributed.
• Step 6 (Presentations): Each group will present their research progress in the remainder of the semester and finally at the final presentation session.
• Step 7 (Submission of final draft): The final draft of the paper is submitted.
• Students are strongly encouraged to contribute to class discussions by asking questions and making comments.
• As a conclusion to the semester, there will be the final presentation session (convocation) in which all the students taking “Finance, Policy and the Global Economy” and “Independent Study” will present their final papers (scheduled in mid-July; the exact date will be announced during the semester).
• As for the final paper, the minimum required length is 5,000 words and each student must contribute at least 1,000 words. Each student's contribution must be clearly indicated. The paper must follow the format that will be announced in class.
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