This competition is run jointly by ECOMS and the
Mannkal Economic Education Foundation.
The Economic Scholars Essay Competition looks at socially and economically relevant topics and encourages participants to reach for solutions and to research real issues affecting Australians nationwide.
Prize winners will share in up to $20 000, and have their work published in the new ECOMS Mannkal Academic Journal.
Some Essay Topics are listed below:
• Health in W.A.
• Suffocated by Tax
• Economic Impact of Erosion of Property Rights
• Language of Leadership
• Intellectuals vs Capitalism
• The Study on Sources of Prosperity
• Religion & Economics
• Managing State Government Budgets
It is advised that participants register by the 17 of June, so as to receive their student packs in time.
The student pack is also available below.
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au for more information and for advice on essay topics.
Deloitte “Dream Team”
Dream team is a unique competition that offers you the opportunity to get your “foot in the door” at the largest and most successful integrated professional services firm in the world.
The Dream Team competition allows you to put theory into practice and engage with like minded individuals to solve ‘real time’ business scenarios.
The competition is targeted towards penultimate year students, and will run over one and a half days in September., Applications open August 17th: www.deloite.com/au/dreamteam
This Essay Competition provides students at Australian universities with an excellent opportunity to further their understanding of an important economic issue of relevance to Australia.
The 2009 Topic is:
Many countries around the world are responding to the global financial crisis and the associated economic downturn with stimulatory fiscal and monetary policies. The essay topic for this year is Policy Responses to the Global Financial Crisis. Essays should:
- discuss the appropriateness of these policy responses, and the extent to which the exact nature of these responses might matter; and
- provide an overview of the theoretical arguments and also briefly consider the evidence, including the approaches adopted by different countries in the past.
Winners will be flown to the RBA Awards ceremony and receive:
First Prize: $1500
Second Prize: $750
Best First Year Entry: $500
Entries must not exceed 2000 words and are due in August after the winter break.
For more information see:
http://www.unswecosoc.com/rba-economics-competition-2009/
For past winning entries see:
http://www.rba.gov.au/EconomicsCompetition/2008/index.html
The Robin Cosgrove Prize is a written paper competition centering on youth innovation in developing and promoting ethics in the financial sphere.
The final deadline for submission of entries is May 31st, 2009.
The Deal is an authentic business challenge from JPMorgan, for penultimate and final year students, based on a large merger and acquisition case study. It exposes competitors to the dynamics, dilemmas and decisions of investment banking.
Website:
http://www.thejpmorgandeal.com/
Seeking recognition, reward, and a real-life stock market trading experience? Then play the J.P. Morgan Portfolio Competition!
For eight weeks you can experience the exhilarating life of an equities trader, plus share in over $10,000 prize money, and have the chance to meet with senior members of J.P. Morgan's Sales, Trading & Research team! Compete with your friends, classmates and other students from over 38 universities across Australia, and see how you compare be keeping tabs on their portfolios!
Trade shares from the ASX300 on your own simulated stock trading account. Starting with a virtual $200,000 it's all up to you. Buy and sell as often as you like.
Every day, you'll be given updates on the local and overseas markets to help make your trading decisions, and with market prices updating continuously you'll always know the true health of your portfolio.
The 2009 competition concluded on Friday the 22nd of May, ECOMS' hopes the 370 competitors from UWA enjoyed the experience, and look forward to an even more successful year in 2010.
