2017 Dallas/Fort Worth Association for Business Economics (DABE) essay contest
Format: 1,500‐word essay
Eligibility: Any UNT econ‐major undergraduate student
UNT deadline: Noon on Friday, October 20, 2017.
Where to submit: Email your paper to Dr. Myungsup Kim at mkim@unt.edu

The best essay will be submitted to the DABE contest by October 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.