| Writing assignment | Main learning objectives | |
| Proposal | Students formulate economic research question, select a narrow topic of their choice. Students conduct scholarly literature search and literature review. | Accessing existing knowledge Displaying existing knowledge Interpreting existing knowledge |
| First draft | Students apply economic models to current policies/policy proposals. Students build original empirical models. When students collect data and estimate proposed empirical model, knew findings are created. | Accessing existing knowledge Displaying existing knowledge Interpreting existing knowledge Applying existing knowledge Applying quantitative knowledge Creating new knowledge |
| Peer review | Students provide content feedback to their peer, ideally on a topic that is different from the one they chose. Content help is emphasized. | Accessing existing knowledge Interpreting existing knowledge |
| Final Paper | Students revise their original papers based on instructor and peer feedback. | Accessing existing knowledge Displaying existing knowledge Interpreting existing knowledge Applying existing knowledge Applying quantitative knowledge Creating new knowledge |
| Short paper | Applying economic models to chosen or given policy question. | Accessing existing knowledge Displaying existing knowledge Interpreting existing knowledge Applying existing knowledge |