Your research paper topic, a 100-word research paper abstract, and list of scholarly references is due in week 5. A late submission penalty of 5 percentage points per day or portion of a day will be assessed against your final research paper grade.nnIt is your responsibility to ensure that your research topic meets the criteria for analysis of international trade and finance. I do not approve or disapprove a topic; I merely obtain a topic from you and then check your submitted research paper against your submitted topic.nnSelection of a research topic is up to you. Review various international economic theory/issues in the textbook and supplemental material, identify real life situations that have occurred or are occurring that parallel or mimic international economic theory/issues from the textbook, select one of these real life scenarios that is of interest to you, and submit this topic.nnAs a reminder, research paper must analyze current international trade and finance activity; background information should be minimal; definitions are not to be included. Paper should explain, in dollars or a country’s currency, changes to GDP, employment, what profits/losses occurred related to your topic, what happened economically because of your topic, what your topic contributed to or detracted from the U.S. and/or other affected countries’ economies, etc. Focus is on economics, not socio-economic factors or a political/social problem.n

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• Research paper topic, 100-word research paper abstract, and list of scholarly references to be emailed to instructor by 11:59 p.m. Central, Sunday of week 5.

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• Five percentage points from Research Paper’s final grade will be deducted for each day, or portion of a day, your research paper topic, including the 100-word research paper abstract, and list of scholarly references is submitted after Sunday of Week 5.

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