Choose one of the three papers listed below. For the paper you have chosen you need to write an extended referee report. The referee report must contain:

•   A summary description of the paper which outlines the research question, motivation, and research method. Make sure to also include the strengths and important contributions of the paper.

•   A detailed discussion of limitations or concerns you might have about the motivation, experimental design (if applicable), data analysis, and            interpretation of the results.

•   Suggestions for improvements to the methodology (experimental design or empirical method), additional analysis, or robustness checks of the data     analysis.

•   Ideas for further research questions given the results of the chosen paper.

1.  Rice, N., & Robone, S. (2022). The effects of health shocks on risk preferences: Do personality traits matter? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 204, 356-371.

2.  Ifcher, J., Zarghamee, H., Houser, D., & Diaz, L. (2020). The relative income effect: an experiment. Experimental Economics, 23(4), 1205-1234.

3.  Bogliacino, F., & Montealegre, F. (2020). Do negative economic shocks affect cognitive function, adherence to social norms and loss aversion? Journal of   the Economic Science Association, 6(1), 57-67.

The assignment should be written efficiently and take great care on the exposition and grammar.

Overall word limit: 2500

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Assignments should be typed, using 1.5 spacing and an easy-to-read 12-point font. Assignments and dissertations/business projects must not exceed the word count indicated in the module handbook/assessment brief.

The word count should:

▪   Include all the text, including title, preface, introduction, in-text citations, quotations, footnotes and any other items not specifically excluded below.

▪   Exclude diagrams, tables (including tables/lists of contents and figures), equations, executive summary/abstract, acknowledgements, declaration, bibliography/list of references and appendices. However, it is not appropriate to use diagrams or tables merely as a way of circumventing the word limit. If a student uses a table or figure as a means of presenting his/her own words, then this is included in the word count.

Examiners will stop reading once the word limit has been reached, and work beyond this point will not be assessed. Checks of word counts will be carried out on submitted work, including any assignments or dissertations/business projects that appear to be clearly over-length. Checks may take place manually and/or with the aid of the word count  provided  via  an  electronic  submission.  Where  a  student  has  intentionally misrepresented their word count, the School  may treat this as an offence  under Section IV of the General Regulations of the University. Extreme cases may be viewed as dishonest practice under Section IV, 5 (a) (x) of the General Regulations.