LSE倫敦政經學院經濟論文競賽

1. 2024年比賽題目
參賽學生可以選擇從下列問題中選擇1道，提交1篇論文：

• 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? 金融業存在嚴重的道德風險，因為投資組合經理無法為糟糕的投資績效負責。這常被用來作為金融部門提高薪資和獎金的理由。有鑑於此，獎金上限對金融業有何影響？
• How does the adoption of AI technology affect differences in rates of development across nations? 採用人工智慧技術如何影響各國發展速度的差異？
• Do election cycles affect economic policy making and financial markets? 選舉週期會影響經濟決策和金融市場嗎？
• What are the economic effects of gentrification on urban communities? 紳士化（中產階級化）對城市社區有哪些經濟影響？
• How can micro financing affect climate refugees in developing countries? 小額融資如何影響發展中國家的氣候難民？
• Should social welfare maximization be the focus of all policy-making efforts? 社會福利最大化是否應成為所有政策制定工作的重點?

2. 比賽評估要點
每份參賽作品將從 4 個方面進行評估：

• 獨創性
• 論證的質量
• 寫作的品質
• 證據的力度

3. 獎項設置
比賽中的前3篇最佳作品將分別獲得 100 英鎊的亞馬遜禮券。 每個問題的前3篇最佳作品將獲得獲獎證書，每個問題的最佳作品將獲得以下特別獎項之一：

• 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