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Ekonomics Lab publishes original research and analysis from students and independent writers across economics, finance, and business. If you have a paper, case study, or short analytical piece worth sharing, read the guidelines below and send it in.
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Kien Huy Nguyen
Vinschool Times City
On publishing research
Honestly, I didn't expect to get this much out of it. I'd been reading about economics for a while, but mostly from textbooks, and a lot of it felt like definitions I had to memorise for a test. Writing for Ekonomics Lab was the first time I had to take a question I really cared about and follow it all the way to the end.
What I liked most is that it changes how you look at ordinary things. Why something costs what it costs, why a company does something that looks strange from the outside. Once you start asking where that comes from, you realise how much is going on underneath that nobody explains in class.
It also made me a lot more careful. You can't write something just because it sounds right. You have to find where the number came from and check whether it holds up, and sometimes it doesn't, so you go back and rewrite. That habit has stayed with me even when I'm not writing.
More than anything, it helped me figure out what I want to study. I'm much more sure about it now than before I started, because I've actually done some of the work instead of just reading about it.
Kien Huy Nguyen, Vinschool Times City
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Economics
Macro or microeconomic analysis, policy critique, or applied econometrics — grounded in data or a clear theoretical argument.
Finance
Asset pricing, corporate finance, market structure, or personal finance — analytical rather than promotional.
Business
Strategy, management, entrepreneurship, or case-based analysis — practical insight over general advice.
Before You Submit
- 800–1,200 words, not counting endnotes.
- Your own unpublished work — not posted elsewhere, not AI-generated.
- Analysis, not reporting: it should still be worth reading in two years. Recent events are evidence, not the reason the piece exists.
- Normally 8–15 sources, cited as endnotes and linked where the source is public. Cite where a claim needs standing up, not to reach a number.
- Continuous prose with no subheadings in the body, in the manner of an essay. Endnotes go under a single "Notes" heading.
- One submission under review at a time.
What Happens Next
Submit
Fill out the form below with your draft, pasted directly or attached as a file.
Review
Every submission is read in full and checked against the criteria above.
Response
You'll hear back by email within 5–7 business days, accepted or not.