Policy Paper-Investment Company Act of 1940

• Dynamic Cover Page
  • Title of Project
  • Class name, date, professor name, TA name, discussion section, etc
• Table of Contents Page
• Basics: 12-15 pages, appropriate subheadings, standard MS Word formatting, double-spaced,

Times New Roman 12-pt font, page numbers

• Primary Contents (Subheadings)
  • Introduction – introduce your project’s main objective
    • Include the general plan of the document
  • History of the Act – why was the law necessary
    • Public policy prescription
      • Market failure or Government Failure
    • Trace its implementation
      • Act, Code, Agency, etc.
    • Impact on business and society
      • Demonstrate your knowledge from the course content – theories, models,

principles, etc.

• Policy Analysis
• Did it work?
• What are its strengths and weaknesses?
• Recommendations for future policy makers
• Appendix Pages (directly following main document)
• Include the official Title page of the law indicating the following:
• Congress number (Ex: One Hundred Seventh Congress…), An Act, Section 1:

Short Titles and Table of Contents (List of ‘Titles’)

• References Page (at the very end of the paper following the appendices)
• This is the bibliography (ten minimum quality references)
• Academic journal articles, government documents/records, key books, official

websites

• Avoid media publications, material with no author, blogs, non-peer reviewed

material

• Citation format: APA Style
• Helpful website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
• Excellence Checklist
• Page numbers, professional quality, grammar, insightful, unique contribution,

comprehensive, high level critical analysis, strong bibliography & citation formatting,

manage the details, teach us something new