This course has a required research paper. Students work on this paper all semester. Outlines and drafts are required. The professor meets with students regularly to advise them on the paper which is worth one half the course grade. The course is taught as a research course in political economy.
Research is optional in place of the mid-term exam.
This course gives students an opportunity to do original research on topics of interests to them in the field of comparative economic systems - such as various aspects of Japanese, German, Russian, Chinese, or American economies, or comparisons between or among these economies.