Econometrics, Statistics and Empirical Economics

S520 Topics in International Economics and Finance

This seminar is jointly offered by the chairs of Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen (Statistics, Econometrics, and Quantitative Methods) and Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig (Econometrics, Statistics, and Empirical Economics).

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen

Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig

Dr. Thomas Dimpfl

Dr. Franziska Peter

Dipl.-Vw. Stephan Jank

Dipl.-Vw. Andos Juhasz

Dipl.-Vw. Tobias Langen

LevelMaster
Time and Placetba
Prerequisites

At least one successfully completed master course in the field of econometrics

LanguageEnglish
Credit Points7.5
Exam

1. Term paper

2. Paper presentation

3. Discussion of another paper

Preliminary meeting24.04.12, 7 pm, Mohlstraße 36, room 332
Registration until 02.04.12 12.30 pm by mail to thomas.dimpfl<at>uni-tuebingen.de
Requirementssuccessful participation in at least one MA course in econometrics offered by Prof. Biewen or Prof. Grammig

Timeline

until 02.04.2012, 11 pmRegistration by e-mail to thomas.dimpflspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
24.04.2012Preliminary meetingroom 332, Mohlstr. 36
30.04.2012Start of master thesis
06.07.2012Deadline for submitting master thesis
13.07.2012 Presentation of master thesis

Seminar outline

The seminar will be held jointly by the chair of Prof. Biewen and Prof. Grammig. Topics of the seminar will include:

  • Time Series Analysis
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Microeconometrics
  • Panel Data Analysis

Each participant will be assigned a specific topic. We expect all participants to prepare a professional presentation and a term-paper on his/her topic, which may include a small empirical application using data such as German Socio-Economic Panel Study or a data set from the field of finance.

Formal guidelines

  • Formal guidelines for the written thesis are provided in the following document.
  • Orthography, grammar and style of the thesis will be taken into account for grading.
  • We suggest to use Latex to prepare the thesis and the presentation. The zip-file contains a document "vorlage.tex" which illustrates the use of Latex and provides installation information. "vorlage.pdf" is the result when compiling the tex-file.
  • The presentation of the final thesis has to be in Powerpoint, Latex or similar. There is no need for handouts.