Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods

S312/S322 Bachelor Thesis in Empirical Economics (BSc)

Lecturer:  

Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen
Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig
Dr. Julie Schnaitmann
Dr. Jantje Sönksen

Dalia Elshiaty

Miriam Sturm
Marian Rümmele

Constantin Hanenberg
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 18.10.2022, 16-18
Room SR 063 Neue Aula
Exam:   1) Presentation of draft (20 min)
2) Bachelor thesis (20 pages)
3) Presentation of bachelor thesis (20 min)
Credits:   12 ECTS

Timeline

until 16.10.2022 Write an email with your transcript and topics/fields of interest to miriam.sturmspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de via email

18.10.2022

 Preliminary Meeting 16-18, room SR 063 Neue Aula
until 03.11.2022 Discussion of the topic chosen with assigned supervisor  
03.11.2022 Start of bachelor thesis  
09.12.2022 Interim presentation and feedback time and format tba

12.01.2023,
12:00

 

 

Deadline for submission of bachelor thesis (printed copy to office, pdf to supervisor)

  
20.01.2023 (whole day) Presentation of final thesis
(mandatory participation in whole day seminar)		 time and format tba

General information

  • 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. Main figures and tables should be included in the main body of your thesis. 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 by the time and date stated above at the office of the chairs and an electronic (pdf-format) version by the same time to their personal supervisors.
  • The bachelor thesis and the presentation should be in English (but German theses and presentations will be accepted as well).

Formal guidelines

  • 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.