The PPT

Here are the slides for the market structures.

File Name

Pinyin name (English name)-1ENO-AT1-T1P1

Sources

References Section

Put a References page at the end of your 500 words.

What to Put in the References Section.

1. Use this website.
2. Click Harvard (Australia) (do not give me Harvard.)
3. Click enter manually (Using the automatic option by pasting your website’s URL will often yield false results)
4. Enter the information
5. Copy the citation
6. Paste the citation in the References section

How to Format References

1. Put each citation on its own line.
2. Put citations in alphabetical order.
3. Make sure to italicize correctly because that formatting doesn’t always copy into WPS from the generator.
4. Make each citation a hanging indent. Like this:

WPS and Word Hanging Indent

Here is a guide on how to make hanging indents using WPS.

Here is a guide on how to make hanging indents using Microsoft Word.

Checklist

Part A

• Choose a commodity
• Find a price chart
• Identify the 4 biggest price fluctuations
• Write about 100 words explaining each fluctuation
  • For each fluctuation, say whether it was a shift in supply, a shift in demand, or a change in quantity supplied or quantity demanded
  • For each fluctuation, add a citation to your References for your explanation

Part B

• Wearing your uniform
• Introducing yourself with your Chinese name
• What kind of market structure is it (for example: few big sellers = oligopoly)
• What makes up the final price (production costs, tax, etc.)
• How has the price changed over time
• Price differences between places (for example: city vs. rural, USA vs. China, etc.)
• If the sellers:
  • Work together secretly (collusion)
  • Follow one leader’s price (price leadership)
  • Watch and react to each other’s prices (interdependence)
• No more than 2 minutes and 30 seconds