International Trade Research Paper

Instructions:

• Use of Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) is required.

• Textofyourpaper(notincludingtitlepage,abstract,andbibliography)

shouldbeapproximately1500words– nolessthan1,400wordsandno

more than 1,700 words.

o Times New Roman, size 12 font (title can be larger)

o Standard margins

o Double-spaced

• Title page optional

• Atleasttworefereedjournalarticlesarerequiredandincludedwithinyour

citations. (I suggest using Google Scholar to search for articles in refereed

journals.)

• Cited material cannot exceed 15% of the total word count.

• Use of third-person format is required. (No “I” or “you”)

• No table of contents

• Abstractoptionalanddoesnotcountaspartofthepaper’srequiredword

count.Ifyouchoosetoincludeanabstract,itshouldbenolongerthan150

words.

topic “International Trade and Tariff Effects”

effect plus or minus on each affected countries’ GDP, balance of payments, labor costs,

exports/imports, etc.

it is your responsibility to ensure that your topic meets the criteria for analysis of

international trade and finance. Background information, as well as, discussion and

history of your research topic should be minimal; definitions are not to be included. Your

paper should explain, in dollars or a country’s currency, not percentages, what

profits/losses occurred related to your topic, what happened economically because of

your topic, what your topic would contribute to the U.S. and/or other affected countries’

economies.

Your paper’s focus must be your topic and its positive and/or negative international

economic impact expressed in dollars or a country’s currency. Once again, the total

focus of your paper must be quantitative analysis (currency) and not a qualitative

presentation of your topic.

NOTE: Expressing comparisons as a percentage is ambiguous without a base value

because the amount of change can be greater with a small percentage change versus a

very large percentage change. Example: 

• If a country’s GDP increase 500% but the GDP base value is only 100, their GDP

is 500.

• If a country’s GDP increases 4% but the base value is 1 million, their GDP is

1,040,000.