ECON2101 · Intermediate Microeconomics · Student · Step 1 of 3
Learn to judge, before you're judged.
Your own group presentation is coming up. Before you build it, you'll calibrate your eye by grading three real presentations from earlier cohorts — against the same rubric your instructor will use on you.
What you'll do next
- 01 · Pick one exemplar below and watch it. Jot short notes as you go.
- 02 · Rate it on four criteria and say what made you land there.
- 03 · Defend your reasoning with the coach, then see the instructor's own scores and rationale.
The assignment you're preparing for
Group Presentation
A 12-minute team analysis of a real-world microeconomic policy trade-off in Hong Kong. You are not presenting today — you're learning to see what strong and weak versions of this assignment actually look like.
Pick one exemplar to grade
- 01Rent Control in Residential Housing25/26 · Semester B · This presentation argues for a hard ceiling on residential rents in Kowloon, framing it as a response to a housing affordability crisis.Open →
- 02MTR Fare Elasticity, 2015–202525/26 · Semester A · This presentation estimates the own-price elasticity of MTR ridership using typhoon-day service disruptions as an instrument, and reports estimates across six sub-samples.Open →
- 03Minimum Wage in the Catering Sector24/25 · Semester B · This presentation profiles three cha chaan tengs in Sham Shui Po and draws on their owners' and workers' accounts to argue against a further rise in the statutory minimum wage.Open →