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The goal of the assignment is to read this paper and try to understand its (research) objective and its conclusion (how they got to these conclusions – what approach/methodology they used). You should write a summary of those objectives and findings. Importantly, a significant part of your summary should focus on relating the paper to what we discussed in class i.e. to the models we covered, their assumptions, their implications…


Short paper (3 pages): non-technical summary of an academic economic article related to topics covered in class (fiscal policy, monetary policy, business cycle fluctuations, …)