LSE伦敦政经学院经济论文竞赛

1. 2024年比赛题目
参赛学生可以选择从下列问题中选择1道，提交1篇论文：

• The Financial sector deals with a significant moral hazard, since portfolio managers cannot be held accountable for poor investment performance. This is often used as justification for higher pay and bonuses in the finance sector. With reference to this, what is the impact of bonus caps on the financial sector? 金融业存在严重的道德风险，因为投资组合经理无法为糟糕的投资业绩负责。这常常被用来作为金融部门提高薪酬和奖金的理由。有鉴于此，奖金上限对金融业有何影响？
• How does the adoption of AI technology affect differences in rates of development across nations? 采用人工智能技术如何影响各国发展速度的差异？
• Do election cycles affect economic policy making and financial markets? 选举周期会影响经济决策和金融市场吗？
• What are the economic effects of gentrification on urban communities? 绅士化（中产阶层化）对城市社区有哪些经济影响？
• How can micro financing affect climate refugees in developing countries? 小额融资如何影响发展中国家的气候难民？
• Should social welfare maximization be the focus of all policy-making efforts? 社会福利最大化是否应成为所有政策制定工作的重点?

2. 比赛评估要点
每份参赛作品都将从 4 个方面进行评估：

• 独创性
• 论证的质量
• 写作的质量
• 证据的力度

3. 奖项设置
比赛中的前3篇最佳作品将分别获得 100 英镑的亚马逊礼券。 每个问题的前3篇最佳作品将获得获奖证书，每个问题的最佳作品将获得以下特别奖之一：

• Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides Prize
• Professor Silvana Tenreyro Prize
• Professor Sir Tim Besley Prize
• Professor Mark Schankerman Prize
• Professor Oriana Bandiera Prize
• Professor Sir Richard Laylard Prize