Format: 1,500‐word essay Eligibility: Any UNT econ‐major undergraduate student UNT deadline: Noon on Monday, April 20, 2015. Where to submit: Email your paper to Dr. Kim at mkim@unt.edu One essay will be selected for submission to the DABE contest by April 30. DABE provides $1000, $500, and $300 awards to the three winners. More details on essay:

• The essay can be written on current problem or issue in a local, regional, national, or global context that lends itself to economic analysis or application of economic theory.

• The essay should contain a concise statement of the problem, support a finding using economic principles, research and analysis, and offer original solutions or recommendations.

• Essays may be based on prior class work or developed for the competition.

• Past essays include urban transportation, deregulation of electricity, U.S. budget surplus and trade deficits, birth control in third‐world countries, the gold standard, renewable energy policy, and global trade protectionism.

• Plagiarism will not be tolerated; appropriate citations or references must be made.