哈佛国际经济学论文大赛由哈佛大学本科生经济学协会（HUEA）和《哈佛大学经济评论》（HCER）联合主办。本次论文比赛面向所有高中生，让学生有机会展示自己的写作水平和对经济理论的理解。通过比赛，学生可以磨练学术和专业技能，并向未来的雇主很好的展示自己，获得更多学术项目。

参赛者须利用经济理论和现实案例提出一个令人信服的论点。获奖论文将发表在《哈佛经济评论》（Harvard Economics Review）上，供更多哈佛人阅读。论文应侧重于以事实和参考文献为支撑的论证，当然也欢迎基于数据撰写的论文。

2023-2024赛季题目已公布：

1. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to affect growth, inequality, productivity, innovation, and employment. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, in particular, has greatly increased public awareness about the significance of AI and its implications for the future. What impact will the development of AI have on economic inequality, the composition of the workforce, and economic output as a whole? How can nations prepare for the micro and macroeconomic changes brought about by AI?

人工智能 （AI） 的进步有可能影响增长、不平等、生产力、创新和就业。特别是 OpenAI 的 ChatGPT，极大地提高了公众对人工智能的重要性及其对未来影响的认识。人工智能的发展将对经济不平等、劳动力构成和整体经济产出产生什么影响？各国如何为人工智能带来的微观和宏观经济变化做好准备？

2. Measuring national and global economic activity allows us to understand how economies change in size and structure—how they grow and contract. In addition to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), government budgets, and the money supply, alternatives like the Human Development Index (HDI) and Gross National Income (GNI) are used to assess economic progress. What are the advantages of our current economic indices, including GDP, HDI, GNI, government budgets, and the money supply, and in what areas are they lacking? Which of these indices do you find most helpful, and how can we enhance or combine them to improve our understanding of economic measurement?

通过衡量国家和全球经济活动，我们可以了解经济的规模和结构如何变化，即它们如何增长和收缩。除了国内生产总值 （GDP）、政府预算和货币供应量外，人类发展指数 （HDI） 和国民总收入 （GNI） 等替代方案也被用来评估经济发展。我们目前的经济指数，包括GDP、HDI、GNI、政府预算和货币供应量，有哪些优势？它们在哪些方面有所欠缺？您认为这些指数中哪一个最有帮助，我们如何加强或结合这些指数以提高我们对经济计量的理解？

3. Proponents of income redistribution support the idea that redistribution policies will increase economic stability and give more opportunities to the less wealthy. Others, however, are more skeptical and believe it could have negative consequences for economic growth. Current methods of redistribution include taxation, welfare, public services, and other monetary policies. What strategies for income redistribution should the U.S. adopt from other countries? What economic impacts could a wealth tax or super millionaire tax have? What type of redistribution is most effective and feasible? What would be the impacts of the U.S. enacting universal basic income? Discuss the implications of any of these issues and feel free to expand on other areas of economic redistribution.

收入再分配的支持者认为，再分配政策将增加经济稳定性，并为较不富裕的人提供更多机会。然而，也有人持怀疑态度，认为这可能会对经济增长产生负面影响。目前的再分配方法包括税收、福利、公共服务和其他货币政策。美国应借鉴其他国家的哪些收入再分配策略？财富税或超级百万富翁税会对经济产生什么影响？哪种类型的再分配最有效、最可行？美国实施全民基本收入制度将产生什么影响？请讨论这些问题的影响，并随意扩展经济再分配的其他领域。

4. As the United States weighs the impacts of China’s rise to global prominence, economics and national security have become increasingly intertwined. As a result, the United States government has imposed both tariffs and investment restrictions on China to limit the nation’s access to both US markets and intellectual property (specifically in sensitive industries such as semiconductors). What are the economic implications of these policies for United States firms, consumers, and workers? Discuss the most important perspectives of the US-China trade war and provide suggestions on how both countries can manage the prospect of a changing economic order.

当美国权衡中国崛起对全球的影响时，经济和国家安全之间的关系变得越来越紧密相关。因此，美国政府对中国实施了关税和投资限制，以限制中国进入美国市场和知识产权（特别是在半导体等敏感行业）。这些政策对美国公司、消费者和工人有何经济影响？请讨论中美贸易战最重要的观点，并就两国如何应对经济秩序变化的前景提出建议。