I’m working on a business writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
This is a written assignment that you must conduct exploratory research on how the government internalizes negative externality (you only need one market or one product or one activity).
Recall negative externalities occur in many markets; for example, oil production, manufacturing, transportation, and smoking, etc.
Please make sure that:
1. You clearly identify the market (product or activity) that causes negative externalities, which means the negative externalities must be also well defined. These could be shown with good statistics and proper in-text citations (and references.)
2. You are to write a summary of the policy implemented in the market of your choice. Again, if you use any direct quotes or statistics from the sources, you must cite the sources properly.
3. You submit your short exploratory paper by uploading a file in a word document or pdf format to Canvas. Please make sure that I can read your paper.
The research should not exceed 2 pages (double-spacing), excluding the cover page, abstract, and reference page. You must have at least two outside sources for your writing.
A successful paper requires you to perform research, craft an argument, and cite references to support your statements. I might ask for you to show me the sources you use, so please have them available.
This is a class in economics/social science, so I would like you to use an APA formatting style.
A few notes about APA formatting style
Double-spacing on the title page and in the body text
“References” page to cite sources at the end of the work
References are last name, first initial (for example, Mateer, D. & Coppock, L. (2017). Principles of Microeconomics (2nd). New York. W.W. Norton.)
Refer to authors by their last names only in the text.
Use past tense verbs when discussing a source’s statements or data, because the source was published in the past.
Write out numbers one through nine, but use numerals for numbers 10 and higher.
Use the percent symbol (%) instead of the word “percent” when discussing statistics.
Make sure that you properly cite your sources, especially, in-text citations. Penn State library also has good examples, here (Links to an external site.).
The most used site for APA reference is the Purdue Online Writing Lab. (Links to an external site.) It should have everything you need to know on how to use an APA style to write and format research papers.
A quick guide to referencing This is a very good summary of how to reference.
Here are some examples (7th ed. APA)
APA_7_Sample_Essay_BVC.pdf
APAStudentPaperExampleCMR211.pdf
