To be considered for the Best Undergraduate Paper competition, all entries must follow the guidelines below:
- The paper must conform to AEJ manuscript style instructions, be 10 – 20 pages in length including tables, and be submitted in MS Word format. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected. AEJ instructions can be found at: http://www.iaes.org/publications/spec_aej.htm.
- Submit the paper to ugpcompetition@nku.edu and send a copy to iaes@iaes.org by June 15 with the subject line: “Best Undergraduate Paper Competition – Last Name of Student”. Please send the paper in a Microsoft Word document. PDF files are NOT acceptable. Title page must include: (a) full name of student; (b) affiliation; (c) e-mail address; and (d) phone number.
- Include an e-mail from the Department Chair certifying: (a) that the paper was written while the author was an undergraduate; (b) that the department will sponsor the student’s hotel and travel if the student is selected as a finalist; and (c) that the paper has not been submitted for publication elsewhere.
- Up to four finalists will be notified of their selection by August 15. Finalists will be required to make a formal presentation on Saturday afternoon, October 6 , at the Montréal conference. Conference fees for all finalists will be waived.
- Finalists will be judged on both presentation and content. A panel of judges will announce the winning paper after the presentations.
Submissions for the 2012 BUPA will open in Spring of 2012 and close June 15, 2012. The 2012 winner will be selected at the 74th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Montréal, Canada, October 4-7.