HIEEC哈佛国际经济学论文大赛由哈佛本科生经济协会(HUEA)与《哈佛大学经济评论》(HCER)共同打造。赛事不仅致力于评估参赛者的经济学理论功底与写作水平,更着眼于培养其关键的学术与专业技能,助力学生的长期成长与发展。
一、2025-2026 HIEEC哈佛写作竞赛选题题目
第一题:环境
As climate change intensifies, governments and corporations are turning to carbon offset markets and nature-based solutions (like reforestation or carbon capture) to meet emission targets. Yet critics argue these mechanisms allow wealthy nations and firms to “buy their way out” of real reductions, while creating new inequities for developing economies.
随着气候变化加剧,各国政府和企业纷纷转向“碳补偿市场”和基于自然的解决方案,例如植树造林或者是碳捕捉(将二氧化碳捕捉并封存在自然系统中)等手段,来达成减排目标。然而,有批评者指出,这些机制使得富裕国家大型企业得以“花钱赎罪”,逃避真正的减排责任,同时在发展中国家里造成新的不平等。
Prompt: Evaluate the economic and environmental effectiveness of carbon offset markets as a tool for reducing global emissions. How might these markets influence international trade, investment, and development? Should countries prioritize direct emission reductions over offset schemes, or can both coexist effectively? Propose economic policies that could enhance the credibility and fairness of global carbon offset systems.
评估“碳补偿市场”在减少全球碳排放方面,对经济和环境起到了怎样的效果。“碳补偿市场”是如何影响国际贸易、跨境投资与经济发展的?各国是应该用补偿机制(offset schemes),来优先推动“直接减排”?还是说,“碳补偿机制”与“直接减排”,是可以有效共存的?请提出一些经济政策建议,来提升全球碳补偿体系的可信度与公平性。
第二题:不平等
The rapid rise of generative AI and automation has sparked fears of a “productivity boom without wage growth,” where capital owners capture most of the benefits. Some economists propose implementing a universal basic income (UBI) or data dividend to redistribute the value created by automation.
生成式人工智能(Generative-AI)与自动化技术的迅猛发展,引发了人们对“生产力增长、但工资停滞不动”的担忧,人们担忧资本所有者分走了绝大部分的发展红利。一些经济学家建议,要推行“全民基本收入(UBI, universal basic income)”或者是“数据红利(data dividend)”政策,将自动化技术带来的财富更公平地分配给公众。
Prompt: Analyze the potential of universal basic income or data dividends as policy responses to technological inequality. What economic trade-offs might arise from decoupling income from labor, and how could these affect long-term growth, innovation, and social cohesion? Consider how different income groups and countries at varying levels of development might respond to such policies
分析一下,用UBI全民基本收入/数据红利这些政策工具,来应对这种由技术而造成的不平等,是否有可行性?当收入不再与劳动直接挂钩时,社会可能面临哪些经济上的取舍与权衡?这一转变又会如何影响长期增长、创新机制与社会凝聚力?请结合不同收入群体、不同发展水平国家的情况,会以怎样的方式应对这种政策?
第三题:劳动与教育
Hybrid and remote work, accelerated by global digitalization, has reshaped labor markets and urban economies. As geographic proximity becomes less critical, cities face shifting housing demand, changing tax bases, and new infrastructure needs.
在全球数字化的加速推动下,混合式办公(hybrid work)与远程工作(remote work),正在重新塑造劳动力市场与城市经济结构。随着地理位置的重要性下降,城市正在面临着住房需求变化、税源(tax base)变化,以及对新型基础设施的新需求。
Prompt: Examine the long-term economic implications of a global shift toward remote and hybrid work. How might this transformation affect productivity, urban inequality, and educational priorities? What role should governments and institutions play in balancing the benefits of flexibility with the risks of labor market fragmentation?
探讨一下,全球向远程与混合工作模式(hybrid and remote work)转型,这件事有怎样的长期经济影响。这种转变将如何影响生产率、城市内部的不平等,以及教育体系的重点方向?政府与教育机构应如何在“灵活性带来的机遇”与“劳动力市场碎片化的风险”之间取得平衡?
第四题:加密货币/金融
Amid rising debt levels and global inflation uncertainty, some governments have explored issuing tokenized sovereign bonds or blockchain-based currencies to improve transparency and accessibility. Yet such innovations raise questions about security, regulation, and the role of private intermediaries.
随着全球债务水平攀升、通胀前景不明,一些政府开始尝试发行“代币化主权债券”(tokenized sovereign bonds),或基于区块链的数字货币,从而提高财政透明度,降低资金门槛。然而,这种创新也引发了关于安全性、监管机制以及私人金融中介角色的新疑问。
Prompt: Assess the economic and financial stability implications of tokenized government bonds and blockchain-based public finance systems. Could such technologies democratize investment and improve fiscal transparency, or do they introduce new systemic risks? How should central banks and regulators adapt to a financial system increasingly built on distributed ledger technology?
请评估,代币化政府债券(tokenized sovereign bonds),还有这种基于区块链的公共财政体系,对经济、金融稳定性,会有怎样的影响?这些技术能否能有效降低投资门槛、提升财政透明度?还是说,它们会带来新的系统性风险?当金融体系越来越依赖分布式账本技术(distributed ledger technology),中央银行与监管机构又应该如何调整、如何应对?
二、备赛四步法:从选题到提交的科学路径
Step 1:选题策略(2025年10月底)
如何选择高分题目?
兴趣优先:选择你真正关心的话题(如气候变化、教育公平、AI经济)
理论匹配:确保能运用至少一个经济学模型(如供需模型、博弈论、外部性)
数据可得:优先选择有公开数据支持的题目(World Bank, OECD, FRED)
观点新颖:避免“最低工资有害”这类陈词滥调,尝试“UBI如何重塑劳动力市场?”
Step 2:时间规划(2025年11月–2026年1月)
| 阶段 | 任务 |
|---|---|
| 11月 | 确定选题 → 阅读5-10篇相关文献(Google Scholar + JSTOR) |
| 12月上旬 | 构建论文框架 → 收集数据 → 撰写初稿(目标1800词) |
| 12月下旬 | 修改精简至1500词以内 → 优化逻辑与表达 |
| 1月上旬 | 格式校对 → 语法检查 → 提交(建议1月3日前完成) |
建议节奏:每周投入8-10小时,避免最后冲刺
Step 3:论文写作标准结构
HIEEC论文应遵循学术论文规范,
包括引言、主体段落、结论等,每段集中讨论一个子论点,运用经济学理论解释现象,并结合现实数据或案例支持观点。
Step 4:语言与规范优化
| 要求 | 建议 |
|---|---|
| 语言风格 | 学术化、精准、客观 |
| 动词使用 | 用“demonstrate”“suggest”“imply”替代“say”“show” |
| 句子长度 | 长短句结合,避免全为复杂句 |
| 字数控制 | 先写1800词 → 删减至1500词以内 删除冗余副词(very, really) |
| 格式要求 | 12号字体(Times New Roman),双倍行距,页码 |
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