Term Paper Part 1: Outline and abstract

Write an abstract describing your replication and extension study.

An abstract is a summary of your paper. It is NOT a place for extended discussion, motivation, etc. It should mention things like what
data you are using and what model you are estimating, you can indicate
which study you are replicating, etc.

Write an expanded outline that contains:

1. the title, written as a one-sentence research question,

2. five sections with section names,

3. a complete bibliographic citation to the study you propose to replicate,

4. the regression equation you will replicate, which includes a list
of all the variables in the model, and a description of the equation.

5. a description of the estimation subsample used to estimate the target regression equation,

6. Describe one or more original ideas for extending the model.

7. Finally, include any results in tables you may have already produced, even if they are preliminary.

Include both the abstract and the outline in a single document, which should look like a preliminary version of your term paper. In other
words, this can be thought of as a rough draft of your rough draft.