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Research/Empirical Paper Critiques: A written critique is required for the empirical papers that are discussed in class.
The critiques must be carefully, clearly, and concisely written.
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The critique should address all of the following:
1. What is the research question and how does it relate to the literature?
2. What hypotheses are being tested?
3. What data are used to test the hypotheses? Discuss potential shortcomings of the data used.
4. How does the author attempt to answer the questions of interest; that is, what are the author’s methods and research design? Discuss potential shortcomings of the methodologies used, focusing particularly on endogeneity and causality.
5. Do the tests and evidence answer the research question? Why or why not?
6. Does the paper make an important contribution and, if so, why?
7. What questions are left unanswered?

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