Essex Economics Students' Journal
Autumn 2008
Listed below are the winning papers selected for the Autumn 2008 issue of the
Essex Economics Students' Journal.
Also nominated were term papers by Afolabi Babatunde (BSc
Economics, final year, 2008/09), Shaozhe Chen (BSc Economics, 2008),
Annika Dutson-Steinfeld (BSc Economics, 2008), Mickael Gondrand (BSc
International Economics, final year, 2008/09, Philipp Langefeld (BSc
Financial Economics, final year, 2008/09).
| Author(s) |
Title |
Rebecca Butterfield
BSc Economics, 2008 |
Consider three types of microfinance loans and answer the following question:
Why do people have access to more credit through microfinance
loans than through regular loans? Why should we care if people have access to credit?
(pdf version)
EC335 Term Paper
[Abstract] |
Michael Horn
BSc Financial Economics, final year 2008/09 |
Discuss the role of a deposit insurance scheme within a system of bank
regulation. What is the rationale for deposit insurance, and what are the
problems of implementing it?
(pdf version)
EC248 Term Paper
[Abstract] |
Daniel Maher
BSc Management Economics, 2008 |
What Effects Does the Quality of a School Have on the Future Economic Prospects of Those
Who Attend It?
(pdf version)
EC831 Undergraduate Research Project
[Abstract] |
Mathew O'Neill
BSc Financial Economics, 2008 |
What were the main features of the Bretton Woods System? How well did they
overcome the weaknesses of the international system in the inter-war period? (pdf version)
EC245 Term Paper
[Abstract] |
Robert Smith
BA Economics, 2008 |
Why has it taken so long for living standards in transition economies to
regain the levels achieved before the collapse of central planning?
(pdf version)
EC330 Term Paper
[Abstract] |
Steven Woodford
BSc Financial Economics, 2008 |
Should China continue to peg its currency against the US dollar?
(pdf version)
EC368 Term Paper
[Abstract] |