General Information
Course Code | E_FIN_THSHT |
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Credits | 18 EC |
Period | Ac. Year (sept) |
Course Level | 400 |
Language of Tuition | English |
Faculty | School of Business and Economics |
Course Coordinator | dr. T. Artiga Gonzalez |
Examiner | dr. T. Artiga Gonzalez |
Teaching Staff |
Practical Information
You need to register for this course yourself
Course Objective
The thesis is an important part of your academic training where all theprevious elements come together: knowledge, skills, attitude, and
creativity. The thesis gives you the opportunity to engage in your own
independent academic research and to give your distinctive `signature’
of what you are up to in a relatively short period of time. This can be
a valuable signal towards the labor market.
Course Content
You are going to define your own research project and subsequently gothrough all necessary steps like: gathering literature, getting a sharp
research question, gathering and manipulating data, choosing the right
empirical methodology and getting results, interpreting them, doing
robustness checks and writing down everything crisply and concisely, and
being able to communicate effectively about your results.
Teaching Methods
You will work on your own and will be supervised by one of the membersof the department of Finance. You will have regular meetings with your
supervisor
Method of Assessment
Your thesis will be assessed by your supervisor and a second readerEntry Requirements
To be able to start with your thesis in Spring in the DHPQRM you need tohave passed by mid January two out of the four core courses from the
Fall semester (Stochastic Processes for Finance, Asset Pricing,
Econometrics for QRM or Advanced Econometrics, Derivatives). In
addition, you need to pass the Research Project 4.3 with a grade of at
least 6.0. To start in Fall of the next academic year, you should have
passed the Research Project 4.3 (with grade 6.0 or higher) and two out
of the six core courses.
Literature
Academic papers from the top academic finance journals, dependent onyour research question
Additional Information
To be able to start with your thesis in Spring in the DHPQRM you need tohave passed by mid January two out of the four core courses from the
Fall semester (Stochastic Processes for Finance, Asset Pricing,
Econometrics for QRM or Advanced Econometrics, Derivatives). In
addition, you need to pass the Research Project 4.3 with a grade of at
least 6.0. To start in Fall of the next academic year, you should have
passed the Research Project 4.3 (with grade 6.0 or higher) and two out
of the six core courses.