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BACHELOR’S THESIS CATALOGUE Oecon – spring 2018
BACHELOR’S THESIS CATALOGUE
Oecon – spring 2018
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Bachelor’s Thesis Catalogue
Table of content
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Timeline; fall 2017 – spring 2018 ...................................................................................................................... 4
Information meeting ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Online registration and allocation of supervisors ......................................................................................... 4
Submission deadline and grading .................................................................................................................. 4
Meetings ........................................................................................................................................................ 4
Blackboard ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Course on academic writing, library services and presentation skills ........................................................... 4
Rules and regulations ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Academic regulations .................................................................................................................................... 5
Course description ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Examination regulations ................................................................................................................................ 5
Formal requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Group thesis .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Public Policy students .................................................................................................................................... 5
Confidential theses ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Supervision ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Division of responsibility ............................................................................................................................... 6
Procedure for the meetings .............................................................................................................................. 7
Opponents ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Authors .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
Supervisor ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
List of potential topics and supervisors ............................................................................................................. 9
Series coordinators ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Potential supervisors ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Potential topics ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Topics – ACCOUNTING ................................................................................................................................. 12
Topics – BUSINESS / ECON ........................................................................................................................... 12
Topics – BUSINESS / MGMT ......................................................................................................................... 13
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Topics – ECONOMETRICS ............................................................................................................................. 14
Topics – FINANCE ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Topics – MICRO ............................................................................................................................................ 18
Topics – MACRO .......................................................................................................................................... 17
Self-chosen topic ......................................................................................................................................... 19
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Introduction The course "Bachelor's thesis for Economics and Management students" consists partly in writing the
Bachelor’s thesis - and for that, the student will receive supervision - and partly in a series of meetings.
There is a series of meetings for each of the following disciplines (In Danish: “bachelorrækker”): business,
accounting, finance, macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics.
For each student, participation in two meetings is required: a meeting, where the student presents and
discusses another thesis, and another meeting where the student’s own thesis is presented and discussed by
a (group of) fellow students.
The final grade will be based upon the evaluation of the thesis itself.
This catalogue includes:
A timeline and procedure for the Bachelor’s Thesis process
Links to the academic regulations and course description
Potential supervisors and topics for spring 2018
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Timeline; fall 2017 – spring 2018
Information meeting On 1 November, 10.30-12.00 in R1 (Store Sal), 5thsemester students are invited to an information meeting
in order to provide as much information as possible on the content of the course. At this meeting, the director
of studies, the series coordinators and AU Library will attend and students are encouraged to ask questions
to the process, topics, etc. Thus, students should have read this catalogue before the meeting. Details will
also be announced on the study portal and Blackboard.
Online registration and allocation of supervisors A list of potential topics and supervisors is published in the Bachelor’s Thesis Catalogue in week 42.
By 1 December 2017 at 12.00, a registration/priority form must be filled in by all students, stating two topics
in order of priority. A link to the form can be found on the Study Portal from mid-October: Registration form
After this, the distribution of students across series, topics and supervisors will take place. The supervisor
allocation will be published on Blackboard and students will receive an announcement via Blackboard when
the allocation is ready. It is up to the series coordinator to allocate students to supervisors. Note that it is not
guaranteed that you will get a particular supervisor, even if you have chosen a subject offered by him/her.
Submission deadline and grading The deadline for handing in the Bachelor’s thesis is Thursday 3 May 2018 at 14.00 via WISEflow.
An electronic version (in PDF format) must also be uploaded to Blackboard on each series’ Blackboard
page/group. If the thesis is confidential, a copy must instead be emailed to each of the series members (email
addresses can be found on the Blackboard page) and to the supervisor. Read more about confidential theses
below.
The final grade will be based upon the evaluation of the thesis itself by an external examiner and the
supervisor. The deadline for grading is 30 June.
Meetings The theses are presented and discussed at meetings during week 20. The procedure for the meetings is
described in more detail below.
Blackboard All students are automatically enrolled in the course page Bachelor's thesis for Economics and Management
students - F18 on Blackboard. A Blackboard sub-page will also be created for each series. Students have to
sign up to their page themselves, so that series coordinators and supervisors can communicate with the
relevant students. Please sign up during week 50.
Course on academic writing, library services and presentation skills In late January/early February, AU Library will give an introduction to the library services, literature search
and academic writing. In May, you are also invited to a course on presentation skills and feedback to help
you prepare for the meetings. More information will be announced via Blackboard and the study portal.
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Rules and regulations
Academic regulations Read about purpose, form, formal requirements, and exam form via this link to your particular academic
regulation (in Danish): See the full list here: Academic regulations
Course description Course content, teaching form and exam form is described in the course catalogue: Course description.
Examination regulations General information about the examination rules at AU can be found here: Examination regulations
Formal requirements The maximum length of the thesis is 30 standard pages (excl. appendices) for one student and 24 standard
pages per student for group theses. Read more about the general rules and the formal requirements for
written assignments on the study portal: Formal requirements
Group thesis A thesis can be written by up to three students. Group theses are required, under the academic regulations
and the course description, to include sections that can be assigned to each group member, and this must be
explicitly specified in the thesis; but they may also contain parts which are written by several or all group
members. The grades are given on the basis of the individualized contribution, taking into account the
qualities of the sections written by the group in collaboration. If the contributions are not specified in the
thesis, a grade will not be given.
Public Policy students Students who are enrolled in the Bachelor’s degree programme in Public Policy must notice that it is only
possible to choose from the following topics in the Bachelor’s Thesis Catalogue; Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics and Econometrics. Except for the restricted choice in topics, Public Policy students follow
the same course "Bachelor's thesis for Economics and Management students", procedures and regulations
as students enrolled in the Bachelor’s degree programme in Economics and Management.
Confidential theses If your Bachelor’s thesis is confidential, you must still hand-in via WISEflow, but instead of uploading it to
your BB-group, you must send the thesis to your opponents via email (can be found on Blackboard). Always
make sure to mark the thesis on the front page if confidential.
Your opponents are bound to observe professional secrecy just as the supervisor and external examiner.
Please follow this link for more information about confidential theses and an agreement form that can be
used by the student and company/organisation. Confidential Bachelor’s thesis
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Supervision Students receive supervision by their appointed supervisor. The number and scope of meetings are decided
in a joint process by the supervisor and the student. Some supervisors have office hours and some schedule
appointments by email (ask your supervisor).
It is advised that the supervisor early in the process (mid-February) approves a project description (about
one page). See also: http://www.scribo.dk/.
As soon as the supervisor has approved the project description, the work with the thesis itself can begin. It is
the student's responsibility to contact the supervisor on this matter.
Before each meeting, it is recommended that the student emails the supervisor an updated list of contents
and an updated project description.
Expect the supervisor to read and comment thoroughly on a sample of the thesis, at most three pages per
student. The supervisor is not allowed to read the entire thesis.
Division of responsibility You will have to consult your supervisor individually. You are responsible for the first contact. The thesis is
an individual accomplishment that ends your study.
You are responsible for:
Determining the subject and the research question
Finding literature and eventually data
Structuring the thesis
Assessing the relevance of the literature, various subtopics etc.
Your supervisor can assist you with:
Focusing the research question
Structuring the thesis
Asking critical questions
Pointing out issues you may have overlooked
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Procedure for the meetings
The time schedule for the meetings for each series will be published on Blackboard. The meeting will take
approx. 30 min. for projects written by 1 student and 45 min. for projects written by 2-3 students. The
presentation is based upon PowerPoint slides. If the Bachelor’s thesis is written in English, then both the
presentation and the discussion must be in English.
The written thesis should be seen as a starting point for an academic discussion. The thesis should be subject
to an objective debate with the purpose of creating overview, structure and in-depth understanding of the
problem presented.
Remember: You must upload an electronic version of the discussants’ slides (pdf-format) on Blackboard at
least two days before the meeting. If you are opponent on a confidential thesis, then you must email your
presentation directly to the author of the thesis.
Opponents First, the opponents present the thesis allocated to them. This will take about 20 minutes for two/three
authors and about 15 minutes for one author. All opponents must be active in the presentation. It is
important to practice the presentation beforehand –it is important to be able to adhere to the allotted
time.
The opponents bring forward the most important issues of the thesis, e.g. main question/hypothesis
of the thesis, theory, data, empirical findings, and conclusion. The critique could for instance include a
number of prioritized items/problems which, according to the opponents, should be subject to a closer
discussion. They could be: Central/fundamental aspects of the subject in general or specific areas
concerning the handling of the subject, and/or problem issues which should be further elaborated on and
where opponents can give their contributions, and/or aspects on which opponents disagree with project
writer(s).
It is usually a good idea to divide the critique into two parts; a general and a specific part. The general
part could include the overall critique of the project, for instance:
Critique of method:
Are there validity, reliability or representational problems?
Would another method or procedure have been better?
Critique of subject: Is the problem formulation precise and well-defined?
Should the project writer have chosen another delimitation of the subject?
How is the weighting of the project in relation to the problem formulation?
Are there any further subjects that should have been included in the project?
Critique of the formal requirements:
Are the report technique and style as they should be in relation to the standards?
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The specific part can include page numbers and line numbers in the text where the opponents have
questions or would like further oral clarification. It is very important that this part does not turn into a
long list of formal requirements that have not been met.
Although the formal requirements are of importance, it is even more important that the opponents
start a discussion of the contents etc. of the project, instead of just listing up all errors as regards to the
formal requirements.
It is the supervisor’s job to make sure that each point of discussion is ended with a conclusion, and that
he/she also functions as a moderator when needed.
Please notice that the opponents are not supposed to “shoot down” the project. As opponents, it is
important to show an ability to emphasize the good points of a project as these are often the most
interesting topics for discussion.
Authors After the opponent presentation, the authors are allowed to defend their thesis. The discussion should take
15-20 minutes at most.
Supervisor The supervisor might decide to give some overall comments to the thesis. At this time, the supervisor has
not yet conferred with the external examiner and can therefore NOT give out the final grade.
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List of potential topics and supervisors
Series coordinators
Accounting Karina Skovvang Christensen [email protected]
Business / ECON Kristina Risom Jespersen [email protected]
Business / MGMT Ann-Kristina Løkke Møller [email protected]
Econometrics Morten Berg Jensen [email protected]
Finance Thomas Quistgaard Pedersen [email protected]
Macroeconomics Anders R. Laugesen [email protected]
Microeconomics Julia Nafziger [email protected]
Director of Studies Bo Sandemann Rasmussen [email protected]
Programme Administrator
Anne Charlotte la Cour [email protected]
Potential supervisors
Accounting Christensen, Karina Skovvang [email protected]
de la Rosa, Leonidas Enrique [email protected]
Rix-Nielsen, Christian [email protected]
Business / ECON Christensen, Karina Skovvang [email protected]
Mols, Niels Peter [email protected]
Smith, Nina [email protected]
Business / MGMT Hansen, Jesper Rosenberg [email protected]
Hansen, Niels [email protected]
Krøtel, Sarah Maria Lysdal [email protected]
Mitkidis, Panagiotis [email protected]
Ormrod, Robert [email protected]
Econometrics Andreasen, Martin Møller [email protected]
Dias, Gustavo Fruet [email protected]
Grønborg, Niels Strange [email protected]
Barløse, Mathias Vester [email protected]
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Hansen, Jorge [email protected]
Hillebrand, Eric Tobias [email protected]
Hylleberg, Svend [email protected]
Jensen, Morten Berg [email protected]
Kanaya, Shin [email protected] Kallestrup-Lamb, Malene [email protected]
Kock, Anders Bredahl [email protected]
Mühlbach, Nicolaj Nørgaard [email protected]
Catania, Leopoldo [email protected]
Santucci de Magistris, Paolo [email protected]
Thingholm, Peter [email protected]
Veliyev, Bezirgen [email protected]
Finance Andreasen, Martin Møller [email protected] Barletta, Andrea [email protected]
Bartholdy, Jan [email protected] Christensen, Bent Jesper [email protected] Christiansen, Charlotte [email protected]
Dias, Gustavo Fruet [email protected]
Dursun-de Neef, Özlem [email protected] Engsted, Tom [email protected]
Eriksen, Jonas Nygaard [email protected] Grønborg, Niels Strange [email protected]
Hillebrand, Eric Tobias [email protected]
Kjenstad, Einar [email protected]
Kokholm, Thomas [email protected]
Kumar, Anil [email protected]
Murgoci, Agatha [email protected] Møller, Stig Vinther [email protected]
Nielsen, Ole Linnemann [email protected]
Norén, Vicke [email protected]
Pedersen, Frank [email protected]
Santucci de Magistris, Paolo [email protected]
Scherrer, Cristina [email protected]
Schmaltz, Christian [email protected]
Sun, Ran [email protected]
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Macroeconomics Andersen, Torben M. [email protected]
Andreasen, Martin Møller [email protected]
Kennes, John [email protected]
Macedoni, Luca [email protected]
Paldam, Martin [email protected]
Parra-Alvarez, Juan Carlos [email protected]
Rasmussen, Bo Sandemann [email protected]
Microeconomics Barløse, Mathias Vester [email protected]
Damgaard, Mette Trier [email protected]
Damm, Anna Piil [email protected]
Humlum, Maria [email protected]
Jansen, Jos [email protected]
Koch, Alexander [email protected]
Mattana, Elena [email protected]
Nafziger, Julia [email protected]
Paul, Alexander [email protected]
Rasmussen, Astrid Wurtz [email protected]
Skyt Nielsen, Helena [email protected]
Smith, Nina [email protected]
Smolka, Marcel [email protected] Svarer, Michael [email protected]
Sørensen, Kenneth Lykke [email protected]
Vejlin, Rune Majlund [email protected]
Please notice that each supervisor has office hours allocated to supervision – please contact him/her to know these.
Supervision and thesis may be in Danish or English as decided between the student and the supervisor prior to handing-in and prior to the meetings.
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Potential topics Please note that supervisors in the following are the potential supervisors. The series coordinator may provide another supervisor if necessary.
Topics – ACCOUNTING
Accounting Coordinator: Karina Skovvang Christensen [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
ACC-1 Financial statement analysis and equity valuation Christian Rix-Nielsen
ACC-2 Stock-based compensation Christian Rix-Nielsen
ACC-3 The controllability principle in performance evaluation Christian Rix-Nielsen
ACC-4 Performance evaluation and performance pay Christian Rix-Nielsen
ACC-5 Accounting reports as information source for competitors and/or the capital market
Christian Rix-Nielsen
ACC-6 The impact of blockchain tecnology on accounting and finance Christian Rix-Nielsen
ACC-7 Theoretical or empirical approaches to questions in financial or management accounting
Leonidas Enrique de la Rosa
ACC-8 Balanced scorecard Karina Skovvang Christensen
ACC-9 Activity- Based Costing Karina Skovvang Christensen
ACC-10 Budgettering Karina Skovvang Christensen
ACC-11 Effektbaseret styring Karina Skovvang Christensen
ACC-12 Emner inden for økonomistyring/ Management Accounting Karina Skovvang Christensen
Topics – BUSINESS / ECON
Business / ECON
Coordinator: Kristina Risom Jespersen [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
BUS-ECON-1 Marketing Niels Peter Mols
BUS-ECON-2 Strategi Niels Peter Mols
BUS-ECON-3 Brancheanalyser Niels Peter Mols
BUS-ECON-4 Organisation Niels Peter Mols
BUS-ECON-5 Social Marketing Niels Peter Mols
BUS-ECON-6 Management Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-7 Leadership Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-8 Change management and strategy Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-9 Diversity management Karina Skovvang Christensen
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BUS-ECON-10 Motivation theory Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-11 Organization theory Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-12 Traits, personality and leadership style Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-13 Performance management Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-14 Organizational behavior Karina Skovvang Christensen
BUS-ECON-15 Empirical human resource management Nina Smith
Topics – BUSINESS / MGMT
Business / MGMT
Coordinator: Ann-Kristina Løkke Møller [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
BUS-MGMT-1 Strategy in public organizations Jesper Rosenberg Hansen
BUS-MGMT-2 Organizational behavior and leadership in public organizations Jesper Rosenberg Hansen
BUS-MGMT-3 Public and private differences Jesper Rosenberg Hansen
BUS-MGMT-4 Marketing management Robert Ormrod
BUS-MGMT-5 Business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing Robert Ormrod
BUS-MGMT-6 Business-to-business (B2B) marketing Robert Ormrod
BUS-MGMT-7 Branding Robert Ormrod
BUS-MGMT-8 Marketing as storytelling Robert Ormrod
BUS-MGMT-9 Stakeholder management Robert Ormrod
BUS-MGMT-10 Behavioral Economics Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-11 Organizational Behavior Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-12 Organizational Design Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-13 Ethics / Moral Psychology Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-14 Cooperation and Productivity Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-15 Donation Psychology Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-16 Health Decision Making Panagiotis Mitkidis
BUS-MGMT-17 Management Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
BUS-MGMT-18 Organisation theory Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
BUS-MGMT-19 Organisational behaviour Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
BUS-MGMT-20 Organisational change Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
BUS-MGMT-21 Public management Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
BUS-MGMT-22 Public sector organisations Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
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BUS-MGMT-23 Quantitative methods Sarah Maria Lysdahl Krøtel
BUS-MGMT-24 Forhandling Niels Hansen
BUS-MGMT-25 Organisation Niels Hansen
BUS-MGMT-26 Ledelse Niels Hansen
BUS-MGMT-27 Strategi Niels Hansen
BUS-MGMT-28 Balanced Scorecard Niels Hansen
BUS-MGMT-29 Økonomistyring Niels Hansen
Topics – ECONOMETRICS
Econometrics Coordinator: Morten Berg Jensen [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
ECO-1 Quantitative models in marketing research Morten Berg Jensen
ECO-2 Econometric analysis of high-dimensional data Anders Bredahl Kock
ECO-3 Forecasting with Big Data Anders Bredahl Kock
ECO-4 Estimation of returns to education in Nordic (and/or other) countries, using regression, instrumental-variables, and/or treatment-effect models
Shin Kanaya
ECO-5 Quantitative risk management with Score Driven models Leopoldo Catania
ECO-6 Dynamic kernel density estimation with applications to VaR and ES Leopoldo Catania
ECO-7 Forecasting macroeconomic time series using yield curve information
Eric Hillebrand
ECO-8 Modelling and forecasting mutual fund performance Niels Strange Grønborg
ECO-9 Estimation of dynamic term structure models Martin M. Andreasen
ECO-10 Estimation of state space models Martin M. Andreasen
ECO-11 Modelling and forecasting macroeconomic time series using VARMA models
Gustavo Fruet Dias
ECO-12 Volatility estimation with high-frequency data Bezirgen Veliyev
ECO-13 Machine learning via bandit problems Bezirgen Veliyev
ECO-14 Machine Learning methods in Economics Nicolaj Mühlbach
ECO-15 Merging econometric analysis and machine learning with high-dimensional data
Nicolaj Mühlbach
ECO-16 Time-varying parameter models: observation-driven models vs parameter-driven models
Paolo Santucci de Magistris
ECO-17 Working with high-dimensional data and sparsity Mathias V. Barløse
ECO-18 Econometric analysis of the development of expected longevity Malene Kallestrup-Lamb
ECO-19 Seasonality in econometrics Svend Hylleberg
ECO-20 An empirical analysis of the rising income and wealth inequalities in Denmark and in the World
Svend Hylleberg
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ECO-21 The economics and econometrics of the health care market Peter Thingholm
ECO-22 Estimating parametric option pricing models Jorge Hansen
Topics – FINANCE
Finance Coordinator: Thomas Quistgaard Pedersen [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
FIN-1 Credit risk: pricing of counterparty risk, CDS and other credit markets, sovereign debt
Agatha Murgoci
FIN-2 Derivatives: pricing, analysis, hedging Agatha Murgoci
FIN-3 Fixed income securities Agatha Murgoci
FIN-4 Portfolio theory and the asset management industry Agatha Murgoci
FIN-5 Risk management Agatha Murgoci
FIN-6 Pricing and hedging of derivatives Andrea Barletta
FIN-7 Volatility derivatives Andrea Barletta
FIN-8 Financial engineering Andrea Barletta
FIN-9 Corporate finance Anil Kumar
FIN-10 Corporate real estate Anil Kumar
FIN-11 Real estate valuation Anil Kumar
FIN-12 Real estate indexes Anil Kumar
FIN-13 Return comovement Anil Kumar
FIN-14 Financial econometrics, empirical finance, high-frequency data
Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-15 Stocks, portfolio choice, asset allocation, asset pricing Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-16 Bonds, interest rates, term structure analysis Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-17 Options, futures, commodities, derivative pricing, hedging Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-18 Corporate finance, event studies, dividend policy, capital structure
Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-19 Corporate valuation, discounted cash flows, risk adjustment Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-20 Executive compensation, pay and performance Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-21 International finance, exchange rates, inflation Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-22 Risk management, Value at Risk, credit risk Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-23 Financial frictions, trading, market imperfections, asymmetric information
Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-24 Energy markets, OTC contracts, seasonality, price jumps Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-25 Investments, real options, uncertainty Bent Jesper Christensen
FIN-26 Contagion in international financial markets Charlotte Christiansen
FIN-27 Risk-return trade-off Charlotte Christiansen
FIN-28 Optimal liquidity reserve for banks with the European liquidity coverage ratio
Christian Schmaltz
FIN-29 Do we need a business model-specific leverage ratio for banks?
Christian Schmaltz
FIN-30 The benefits of short-term lending for a European Bank Christian Schmaltz
FIN-31 How to identify, measure, and manage model risk in banks? Christian Schmaltz
FIN-32 How banks could potentially optimize their short-term LCR-ratios?
Christian Schmaltz
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FIN-33 FRTB - the new regulatory model for market risk Christian Schmaltz
FIN-34 Corporate valuation Cristina Scherrer
FIN-35 Firms’ cross listing Cristina Scherrer
FIN-36 Dual class shares and voting rights Cristina Scherrer
FIN-37 Corporate finance Einar Kjenstad
FIN-38 Capital structure Einar Kjenstad
FIN-39 Debt contracting Einar Kjenstad
FIN-40 Strategic interaction and corporate policies Einar Kjenstad
FIN-41 Financial intermediation Einar Kjenstad
FIN-42 Stock return predictability Eric Hillebrand
FIN-43 Forecasting realized volatility Eric Hillebrand
FIN-44 Forecasting yield curve data with dynamic factor models Eric Hillebrand
FIN-45 Corporate valuation Frank Pedersen
FIN-46 International financial risk management Frank Pedersen
FIN-47 Boligfinansiering Frank Pedersen
FIN-48 Investering i fast ejendom Frank Pedersen
FIN-49 Analyse af statens salg af DONG aktier til Goldman Sachs Frank Pedersen
FIN-50 Financial econometrics Gustavo Fruet Dias
FIN-51 Volatility modelling Gustavo Fruet Dias
FIN-52 Forecasting Gustavo Fruet Dias
FIN-53 Empirical finance Gustavo Fruet Dias
FIN-54 Empirical corporate finance Jan Bartholdy
FIN-55 Efficiency of financial markets Jan Bartholdy
FIN-56 Corporate valuation Jan Bartholdy
FIN-57 Empirical asset pricing Jonas Nygaard Eriksen
FIN-58 Return predictability (stock, bond, and/or currency markets) Jonas Nygaard Eriksen
FIN-59 Risk premia in currency markets Jonas Nygaard Eriksen
FIN-60 Financial market risk premia and the macroeconomy Jonas Nygaard Eriksen
FIN-61 Fixed-income modelling Martin Møller Andreasen
FIN-62 Consumption-based asset pricing Martin Møller Andreasen
FIN-63 Modelling and forecasting mutual fund performance Niels Strange Grønborg
FIN-64 Modelling and forecasting commodity futures Niels Strange Grønborg
FIN-65 Performance evaluation of mutual funds Ole Linnemann Nielsen
FIN-66 Corporate finance Özlem Dursun-de Neef
FIN-67 Corporate valuation Özlem Dursun-de Neef
FIN-68 Empirical and theoretical banking Özlem Dursun-de Neef
FIN-69 Credit risk, liquidity, and financial crises Özlem Dursun-de Neef
FIN-70 Return volatility modeling Paolo Santucci de Magistris
FIN-71 Trading, volatility, and information flow Paolo Santucci de Magistris
FIN-72 Return predictability Paolo Santucci de Magistris
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FIN-73 Household finance Ran Sun
FIN-74 Mortgage demand or supply Ran Sun
FIN-75 House purchase Ran Sun
FIN-76 Risky asset investment Ran Sun
FIN-77 Pension Ran Sun
FIN-78 Asset pricing Stig Vinther Møller
FIN-79 Empirical finance Stig Vinther Møller
FIN-80 Credit risk Thomas Kokholm
FIN-81 Derivatives pricing Thomas Kokholm
FIN-82 Fixed income securities Thomas Kokholm
FIN-83 Volatility modelling and volatility derivatives Thomas Kokholm
FIN-84 Return predictability over short and long horizons Tom Engsted
FIN-85 Dynamic portfolio theory and asset allocation Tom Engsted
FIN-86 Performance evaluation of mutual funds Tom Engsted
FIN-87 Financial markets and the macroeconomy Tom Engsted
FIN-88 Equity premia and consumption-based asset pricing Tom Engsted
FIN-89 Cross-sectional asset pricing and risk factors in equity markets Tom Engsted
FIN-90 Speculative bubbles Tom Engsted
FIN-91 Asset allocation Vicke Norén
FIN-92 Portfolio management Vicke Norén
FIN-93 Risk premia Vicke Norén
Topics – MACRO
Macro Coordinator: Anders R. Laugesen [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
MAC-1 Income tax reforms Bo S. Rasmussen
MAC-2 Topics in Monetary Economics Bo S. Rasmussen
MAC-3 Growth and Inequality Bo S. Rasmussen
MAC-4 Public choice Martin Paldam
MAC-5 Growth and development Martin Paldam
MAC-6 Economics of the Welfare State Torben M. Andersen
MAC-7 Labour economics Torben M. Andersen
MAC-8 Economic Policy Torben M. Andersen
MAC-9 New Keynesian models Martin Møller Andreasen
MAC-10 Macro-finance and monetary policy Martin Møller Andreasen
MAC-11 Search models John Kennes
MAC-12 The zero lower bound John Kennes
MAC-13 Assortive matching John Kennes
MAC-14 Liquidity shocks John Kennes
MAC-15 Safe asset shortage John Kennes
MAC-16 Blockchain technology John Kennes
MAC-17 Macroeconomics and housing Juan Carlos Parra-Alvarez
MAC-18 Macroeconomics and asset pricing Juan Carlos Parra-Alvarez
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MAC-19 Solution of dynamic macroeconomic models Juan Carlos Parra-Alvarez
MAC-20 Heterogeneous agent models Juan Carlos Parra-Alvarez
MAC-21 Firms in International Trade Luca Macedoni
MAC-22 Trade Policy Luca Macedoni
Topics – MICRO
Micro Coordinator: Julia Nafziger [email protected]
Topic# Topic Supervisor
MIC-1 Topics in Labor economics Rune Majlund Vejlin
MIC-2 Unemployment durations and labor market policies Rune Majlund Vejlin
MIC-3 Search and matching models Rune Majlund Vejlin
MIC-4 Empirical wage determination Kenneth Lykke Sørensen
MIC-5 The effect of activation and training programs while unemployed
Kenneth Lykke Sørensen
MIC-6 Labour economics - taking the theory to data Kenneth Lykke Sørensen
MIC-7 Topics in labour economics Michael Svarer
MIC-8 How does public spending affect labour supply? Michael Svarer
MIC-9 Labour market consequences of globalization Michael Svarer
MIC-10 Topics in international migration of workers Anna Piil Damm
MIC-11 Topics in urban real estate markets Anna Piil Damm
MIC-12 Health insurance and health care use Alexander Paul
MIC-13 Persistence in skills and human development Alexander Paul
MIC-14 Political economics Alexander Paul
MIC-15 The microeconomics of globalization Marcel Smolka
MIC-16 The role of multinational firms in the global economy Marcel Smolka
MIC-17 Microeconometric applications in education or health economics
Maria Humlum
MIC-18 School starting age and academic performance Maria Humlum
MIC-19 Peer effects in adolescent risky behavior Maria Humlum
MIC-20 Family interactions Elena Mattana
MIC-21 Student Aid Elena Mattana
MIC-22 School Demand and School Integration Elena Mattana
MIC-23 Compensation schemes for top managers Nina Smith
MIC-24 Promotions in organizations Nina Smith
MIC-25 The gender gap in top management Nina Smith
BSc Economics and Management (Oecon), Aarhus University
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MIC-26 Topics in Economics of Education Helena Skyt Nielsen
MIC-27 Topics in Economics of Crime Helena Skyt Nielsen
MIC-28 Family economics and family friendly policies Astrid Wurtz Rasmussen
MIC-29 Education Astrid Wurtz Rasmussen
MIC-30 Population economics Astrid Wurtz Rasmussen
MIC-31 Labour economics and evaluation of labour market policies Astrid Wurtz Rasmussen
MIC-32 Industrial Economics and strategic interaction of firms Jos Jansen
MIC-33 Competition Policy and anticompetitive strategies Jos Jansen
MIC-34 Regulation and deregulation of markets Jos Jansen
MIC-35 Innovation and protection of intellectual property Jos Jansen
MIC-36 Information and markets Jos Jansen
MIC-37 Behavioral economics, consequences and remedies Mathias Vester Barløse
MIC-38 Nudging Mette Trier Damgaard
MIC-39 Topics in Behavioral Economics Mette Trier Damgaard
MIC-40 Topics in Experimental Economics Mette Trier Damgaard
MIC-41 Topics in Applied Micro Theory Julia Nafziger
MIC-42 Case studies on the adverse effects of nudging Julia Nafziger
MIC-43 Effects of the "Indfødsretsprøven" Julia Nafziger
MIC-44 Data mining and p-hacking in experimental economics Julia Nafziger
MIC-45 Topics in Behavioral Economics Julia Nafziger
MIC-46 Topics in Experimental Economics Alexander Koch
MIC-47 Topics in Behavioral Economics Alexander Koch
MIC-48 Topics in Applied Micro Theory Alexander Koch
Self-chosen topic You may choose among the topics listed in this Bachelor’s catalogue. However, you may also choose a topic
which is not in the catalogue. The terms and conditions are the same as for a standard Bachelor's project
with the exception that you must find a supervisor, who is ready to approve the topic, and who is willing to
supervise you. Still, it might be necessary for the series coordinator to change the supervisor.
You can also write a report for a company, but you still need to find a supervisor, who is ready to approve
the topic and supervise you.If you would like to work on a self-chosen topic, it is expedient to have
considered the following before contacting a supervisor:
What is the problem? Why is it a problem? (Why is it important that we have an answer/the problem can be solved - what if the problem cannot be solved?) Who has the problem? (A company, a person/group, a theory/model?) Can I find any literature on the subject? Which method will I use to analyse the problem?
