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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.
Department's best thesis of 2019 supervised at the Behavioral Finance Research Group
Admission requirements
Bachelor's thesis:
- Major "Accounting & Finance"
- Successful attendance of Entrepreneurial Finance.
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
Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Application
The Application should consist of:
- Letter of Motivation (max. one page)
- CV
- Current transcript of records (grades)Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen 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.Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen 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 literatureInhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen 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:
- For Application forms go to the Download center of the examination office.
- Formal guideline for writing term papers and theses and Write your best paper.