S312 Bachelor Thesis in Empirical Economics

S312 Bachelor Thesis in Empirical Economics (BSc)

Lecturer:		Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig Dr. Thomas Dimpfl Jantje Sönksen Madalina Thiele
Profiles:		B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration B.Sc. in International Economics B.Sc. in International Business Administration
Prerequisites:		Applied Econometrics (or similar)
Language:		English (German possible)
Time and Place:		See timeline below
Introductory Session:		Tue 17.10.2017, Mohlstr. 36, Room: 332
Exam:		1) Presentation of draft (20 min) 2) Bachelor thesis (15/20 pages, see below) 3) Presentation of bachelor thesis (20 min)
Credits:		7,5 ECTS (old examination regulations) 12 ECTS (new examination regulations)

17.10.2017, 14:00-16:00	Preliminary meeting, registration	Room: 332, Mohlstr.36
until 03.11.2017	Discussion of the topic chosen with supervisor
03.11.2017	Start of bachelor thesis
08.12.2017	Presentation of first draft and feedback	Room: 236, Neue Aula
12.01.2018, 12:00	Deadline for submission of bachelor thesis
19.01.2018,	Presentation of final thesis	Room: 236, Neue Aula

The aim of the bachelor thesis is to show the ability of a student to examine and to discuss a problem or a subject in statistics or econometrics in a scientific way.
The bachelor thesis covers a maximum of 20 pages (15 pages under old examination regulations). Extensive figures and tables should be deferred to the appendix. The appendix is not included in the page limit.
The final grade is based on the written thesis (70 percent) and the final presentation (30 percent).
Students should choose their topic on their own. The topic should be discussed in advance with the supervisor. For an empirical thesis, the student needs to find, process and handle the datasets themselves.
If you are interested in carrying out your own empirical project we recommend you to read chapter 19 "Carrying out an Empirical Project" of Wooldridge's book "Introductory Econometrics".
Students have to submit a printed copy and an electronic (pdf-format) version.
The bachelor thesis and the presentation should be in English (but German theses and presentations will be accepted as well).

Formal guidelines for the written thesis are provided in the following example.
Orthography, grammar and style of the thesis will be taken into account for grading.
The written thesis should be set in Word, or, preferably, in LaTex or a similar word/formula-processing software. If you use LaTex, please use the following template file (pdf-file).
The presentation of the final thesis has to be in Powerpoint, LaTex or similar. There is no need for handouts.