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The Fraser Institute

Student Essay Contest

1st Prize: $1,000


2nd Prize: $500


High school category: $250

Market-Based Solutions To Environmental Problems

Recommendations:
Students may: analyze a specific environmental problem and suggest ways that private property and market principles could be employed in providing a solution; or compare the effectiveness of market-based environmental policies with policies that rely more heavily on government regulation.

Application Rules:

  1. Submissions will be considered from secondary and post-secondary (undergraduate and graduate) students in all disciplines. Secondary students will be considered in a separate category, with a cash prize of $250. Outstanding high school submissions will not be excluded from winning the $500 and $1,000 post-secondary prizes.
  2. Entry must include two clean copies of a typed essay of 1,000-1,500 words, and a cover sheet including the student's name, mailing address and phone number, and date of birth. High school students include school and grade. Post-secondary students, include school, major, and year of graduation.
  3. Entries will be accepted in English and French.
  4. Entries may be submitted by e-mail, as attachments only, not as text in the body of an e-mail message.
  5. Failure to follow these rules may lead to disqualification from contest.
  6. Entries will be judged on originality, expression of ideas, presentation, and understanding of competitive markets.
  7. All entries become of the property of The Fraser Institute. In addition to receiving cash prizes, winners may have their essays published in Fraser Institute periodicals.
  8. A free-market environmentalism resource guide is available to help you research your essay. To obtain a copy, call the information number listed below.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 3, 2002

Send entries to:
Student Programs
The Fraser Institute
1770 Burrard St., 4th Floor
Vancouver, BC V6J 3G7 Canada

Or submit via e-mail: vanessas@fraserinstitute.ca

For more information call: 1-800-665-3558 Ext. 571

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Tel: (604) 688-0221 Fax: (604) 688-8539 Book Orders: 1-800-665-3558 ext. 580

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