Bachelor's and Master's thesis

This section will inform you about the possibility of having your thesis supervised by the Behavioral Finance Research Group.

Building on our contents in teaching, we offer the opportunity to write a thesis at the Behavioral Finance Research Group.

Admission requirements

Bachelor's thesis:

Master's thesis:

Major "Accounting & Finance"
Successful attendance of one of the institute’s seminars.
Attendance of Behavioral Finance is strongly recommended.
Attendance of Quantitative Methods in Empirical Finance is strongly recommended.

Application deadline

Summer term: March 1st
Winter term: September 1st

Application procedure

Application

The Application should consist of:

- Letter of Motivation (max. one page)
- CV
- Current transcript of records (grades)
Topic assignment

The assignment of the topics takes place in a personal meeting with a member of the chair

The topics are oriented towards research topics of the chair:

- Behavioral Finance
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Household Finance

Accepted thesis topics include a self-directed empirical analysis.
Exposé creation

After the assignment of the topic an exposé (1-2 pages) has to be prepared. It should cover the following content:

- Problem definition
- Objectives
- Procedure
- Provisional structure
- Basic literature
Registration at the examination office

The application is done by submitting the application for admission to the Examination Office. The filing date is April 1st, or October 1st.

Please send your application to behavioralfinance@wiwi.uni-marburg.de within the stated deadlines.

General Remarks:

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