Topics: You will write about two of the following financial economists and their contribution to financial and/or economics.It is a group work. Every group will have no more than three members. Names of group members must be submitted to me by this Tuesday.
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William Sharpe
2.
Merton Miller
3.
Fisher Black
4.
Eugene Fama
5.
Robert Sliller
Deadline: May 11 (Sunday, in class). Submission after deadline is subject to high penalty, which will be at least 10 percent per day. You will submit me the printed copy of your paper. You will ALSO submit a softcopy of your paper in the digital dropbox (or email attachment).
Font: 12 pt, Times New Roman; Margin: one inch from all sides, Page should be numbered. Cover page will not be numbered. Cover page will have names of all the members. Spacing: double spaced. No need for table of contents. Graphs and Tables, if used, must be nicely presented in the main body of the paper. Source data/graph should be mentioned.
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Length: The paper should be approximately seven-pagelong including cover page and references. It may be little larger or smaller. I give more weight on quality than on quantity.
Plagiarism/cut and paste will not be allowed at all
. If you want to use other authors’ ideas word for word, do it properly by putting those under quotations. Otherwise, write in your words. Do not use too many quotations because it will reduce your own input. I appreciate your effort.
References should be consistent. That is, only one type will be followed. You cannot mix various styles when giving references.
Every group must submit a paper regarding the participation of the members in the paper. This is a separate sheet of paper signed by all members and is attached to the paper.
I will give you points based on cleanliness, originality, effort, depth of discussion, and format/organization.
You should have following sections/headings.
Summary in the beginning (with about 150 words)
Introduction – Background information of the financial economist
Contribution of the economist and how it changed the finance discipline
You will choose other headings based on your topic and the information you feel relevant. Headings should be appropriately numbered.
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