📅 2023-05-30 — Session: Developed Research Framework for Economic Volatility Paper
🕒 09:50–10:50
🏷️ Labels: Economic Volatility, Research Framework, Literature Review, Journal Selection, Aggregate Volatility
📂 Project: Business
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to refine the research framework for a paper on aggregate volatility, focusing on improving the introduction, formulating research questions, and structuring the literature review.
Key Activities
- Reviewed feedback on the paper’s introduction to clarify research objectives and streamline ideas.
- Formulated specific research questions and hypotheses related to economic volatility and agent size distribution.
- Created a detailed outline for the paper’s introduction, covering background, research objectives, and theoretical frameworks.
- Compiled a list of top economics journals and guidelines for journal selection and submission, particularly for Econometrica.
- Revised the outline for the research paper and the literature review structure, emphasizing originality and addressing gaps in existing literature.
- Proposed a novel approach to aggregate volatility research, highlighting methodological innovations and the significance of firm size distribution.
Achievements
- Clarified and improved the paper’s introduction and literature review sections.
- Developed a structured approach to formulating research questions and hypotheses.
- Identified suitable journals for submission and understood their selection criteria.
Pending Tasks
- Further refinement of the methods section for empirical analysis.
- Integration of additional critiques and alternative perspectives into the literature review.
- Finalization of the research framework and preparation for journal submission.