I HAVE A FRIEND IN MINSK, WHO HAS A FRIEND IN PINSK. Kieran Healy reports a great deal of traffic apparently motivated by the quest for the instant term paper. The comments are worth reading ... in many peoples' experience, the downloaders give themselves away, sometimes turning in something they printed right off the net complete with the hyperlink footers, whilst others patch in coherent bits of text surrounded by semiliterate scribblings. The topic of the efficient, cheat-resistant term paper project has kept the listserver for teaching collegiate economics busy as well. Among the better ideas are the analysis of a current event (clip an article, evaluate it) or the staged assignment with outlines, first drafts, and the like prior to the submission of a final draft. There are even some incentive-compatible ways to turn late around (such as students who turn their drafts in early get a shot at a revision that people who turn them in at the last minute do not.)

UPDATE: Do not miss potential source of Company Mail Invisible Adjunct's comments here and here