Articles for Review

Articles for Review Order Description This is the instruction from my professor. I can send the hard copy if the format is weird. It must be turned in on the website called turnitin.com. You are required to choose one of the following articles to write your 800-word review assignment. All these articles can be obtained electronically via the Fisher Library online catalogue with your login access. 1. Lane, K. and Rosewall, T. (2015) ‘Firm’s Investment Decisions and Interest Rates’, Reserve Bank Bulletin, June Quarter, pp. 1-7. Topic: The relationship between private investment and interest rates 2. Jääskelä, J. and Mathews, T. (2015) ‘Explaining the Slowdown in Global Trade’, Reserve Bank Bulletin, September Quarter, pp. 39-46. Topic: Slowdown in global trade since global financial crisis (GFC) of 2008 3. Foresti, P. and Marani, U. (2014) ‘Expansionary Fiscal Consolidations: Theoretical Underpinnings and their Implications for the Eurozone’, Contributions to Political Economy, volume 33, pp. 19-33. Topic: A critical consideration of the theoretical basis for arguing that fiscal consolidation is expansionary in the context of the economically stagnating Euro Area 4. Bibow, J. (2013) ‘On the Franco-German Euro Contradiction and the Ultimate Euro Battleground’ , Contributions to Political Economy, volume 32, 127-149 Topic: The French-German Relationship and Underlying Problems of the Eurozone Note You should choose to write your review on one of the above four articles which you think you best understand and/or relates to the topic you are most interested in. In your review you are expected to summarize and appraise the article. You need therefore to focus on showing your understanding of the content of the article and the author’s argument. You are encouraged to research more widely and use other references to understand the topic to better assess the article. To get an idea of how to write a review you should look at book reviews published by journals. In marking your review differences in the level of difficulty between the articles and its topic will be taken well into account.