Short Essay #2
Covering Chapter 6
In chapter 6, you reviewed a variety of economic concepts regarding the open economy. One of important concepts in the open economy is ‘investment’. Please read two peer-reviewed journal articles (PDF attached) that cover this topic and discuss the following topics:
1. Provide a brief summary of each article
2. Compare and contrast views and perspectives discussed in both articles (Do not copy sentences and paragraphs directly from the original articles but paraphrase them using your own words).
3. Discuss main contributions of each article to existing knowledge of investment and its impacts. In other words, how does each article deal with the concept of investment or/and its impacts differently, compared to existing literature?
Please note that I will not review your actual essay before your final submission.
– All papers must use a minimum of 3 sources. You must cite only peer-reviewed journal articles although the textbook is an acceptable source (however, keep in mind that the textbook is not peer-reviewed resource though).
– You MUST NOT cite online sources or any articles without year of publication and author’s name. Also, you should not cite Wikipedia and investopedia.
– All papers must follow all APA requirements. (I am only looking for accuracy of APA formatting for references)
Also, please refer to the following link, to learn more about APA style and formatting.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
– Do not just provide your opinions but your essay must demonstrate mastery and accuracy of relevant economic concepts and theory to receive full credit
– Minimum words requirement: 800 words (not including abstract, title and reference pages)
Refer to the rubric below:
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Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning
Knowledge
Points Range:32 (40%)- 32 (40%)
Demonstrates mastery and accuracy of concepts, terms and theories selected by the student without error
Points Range:25.6 (32%)- 28.48 (35.6%)
Demonstrates mastery and accuracy of most of the major concepts, terms, and theories with several errors
Points Range:22.4 (28%) – 25.28 (31.6%)
Demonstrates moderate understanding of a few of the concepts, terms and theories, but lacks a mastery of the majority
Points Range:0 (0%) – 22.08 (27.6%)
Demonstrates basic understanding of the concepts, terms, and theories, but lacks any mastery at all
APA formatting
Points Range:8 (10%) – 8 (10%)
The use of APA formatting is accurate with no error.
Points Range:6.4 (8%) – 6.4 (8%)
The use of APA formatting is mostly accurate with a few minor errors.
Points Range:4.8 (6%) – 4.8 (6%)
The essay has too many errors in the use of APA formatting.
Points Range:0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
The essay does not use APA formatting.
Writing & Organization
Points Range:24 (30%)- 24 (30%)
The structure of content is strong and helps readers move through the text smoothly. The content contains effective transitions between paragraphs. Minimum words requirement is met
Points Range:21.36 (26.7%) – 21.36 (26.7%)
The structure of content has a clear organizational structure, and helps readers to understand fairly easy, but slightly lacks effective transitions between paragraphs. Minimum words requirement is met
Points Range:16.8 (21%) – 18.96 (23.7%)
The structure of content is understandable, but significantly lacks effective transitions between paragraphs. Minimum words requirement is not met
Points Range:0 (0%) – 16.56 (20.7%)
The content lacks coherence, and requires readers to reread substantial portions. Minimum words requirement is not met
Word Count
Points Range:8 (10%) – 8 (10%)
Word count is greater than 800
Points Range:6.4 (8%) – 6.4 (8%)
Word count is greater than 700, but less than 800.
Points Range:4.8 (6%) – 4.8 (6%)
Word count is greater than 600, but less than 700.
Points Range:3.2 (4%)- 3.2 (4%)
Word count is less than 600
Biblical Integration
Points Range:8 (10%) – 8 (10%)
Paper identifies and integrates biblical principles into the decision making process in an appropriate and insightful manner
Points Range:6.4 (8%) – 6.4 (8%)
Paper identifies and integrates biblical principles into the decision making process mostly in an appropriate and insightful manner
Points Range:4.8 (6%) – 4.8 (6%)
Paper identifies and integrates biblical principles into the decision making process mostly in an appropriate and insightful manner
Points Range:0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Paper does not identify and integrate biblical principles into the decision making process
NAME:SHORT ESSAY_RUBRIC
This should be all you need. I have attached both of the articles. 🙂
20190709183034lin_and_omoju_2017
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Investment in the Open Economy
An open economy is characterized by ease of foreign investors to interact with the local market with ease, which in effect results in a blend of local and foreign suppliers to the local market in the said economy. Consequently, one of the primary advantages associated with this form of economy is the increased availability of foreign currency, and considering that most of the investors would prefer to trade in the foreign reserve currency,
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