I’m in the process of working on three research papers this semester, one of which is a collaboration with two fellow economics students on the trade growth of the U.S. and China and it’s implications (topic changed) to what extent the World Trade Organization (WTO) stimulates economic growth in developing nations. Another deals with the economic performance of Irish Counties using census data. Finally, my third paper will focus on the role of the banking sector during the financial crises of Argentina and East Asia.

I have found several great online resources for writing in a connected world. It’s a great time to be a college student…I wish it were this easy 10 years ago.

• Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is an excellent resource for formatting and style guidelines; also includes discipline-specific guidelines.
• Writely, (recently acquired by our good friends at Google) is an excellent online document collaboration tool; work on a group assignment with ease!
• Renowned Harvard economics professor, Greg Mankiw, has a nice post on his blog aimed at economists writing for a general audience - useful for students of other
• disciplines as well.

Feel free to comment with your suggestions for helpful writing resources.

Well, back to my papers…

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