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Essex Economics Students' Journal

Spring 2011

Listed below are the papers selected for publication in the Spring 2011 issue of the Essex Economics Students' Journal.

Also nominated were term papers by Tomas Sinkariovas (BSc Financial Economics, final year, 2010/11), Kai Wah Wan (BSc Financial Economics, second year 2010/11), Natasha Thomas (BSc Economics, second year, 2010/11), Janine Braithwaite (BSc Economics, final year, 2010/11) and Gareth Turner (BSc Economics, final year 2010/11)

Author(s) Title
Anel Imanbay
BSc International Economics, third year 2010/2011
Recent decades have witnessed an acceleration of economic globalization, in particular international trade. Is trade openness the key strategy to achieve economic development? What lessons could you draw for policymaking? Support your arguments with economic theory and empirical evidence from developing countries.  (pdf version)
EC336 Term Paper [Abstract]
Vaska Charlz Atta-Darkua
BSc Economics, graduated 2010
Analyse the factors that facilitate or hinder the formation and stability of collusive agreements among firms (e.g. cartels).  (pdf version)
EC831 Term Paper [Abstract]
Nicolas Syrichas
BSc Economics, third year 2010/11
The Capital Asset Pricing Model: A Review of Theory and Empirical Evidence  (pdf version)
EC371 Term Paper [Abstract]
Dean Curry
BSc Economics, second year 2010/11
What has been the approach of most developing countries towards international trade negotiations under the GATT and the WTO? How successful has this approach been? How has it changed over time? (pdf version)
EC246 Term Paper [Abstract]
Konstantin Vasilev
BSc Financial Economics, second year 2010/11
Explain the role of futures contracts and options on futures as instruments for controlling risk. Illustrate their relative merits in the context of investment strategies to control risk.  (pdf version)
EC247 Term Paper [Abstract]
Samuel Brown
BSc International Economics, third year 2010/11
Does International Outsourcing (of Activities to Countries Abundant in Unskilled Labour) Play a Significant Role in Increasing the Skilled and Unskilled Wage Inequality in Countries Like the USA and the UK?  (pdf version)
EC367 Term Paper [Abstract]

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