Seminar
General Information
The Chair of International Finance will offer a seminar in the winter term 2023.
The assignment of seminar papers is carried out via the centralized procedure of the Finance area. Please refer to the website of finance area for more information on the assignment process.
Prerequisites
You must have successfully completed at least one finance course (FIN 5XX) offered by one of the chairs of the Finance Area in order to participate.
As most topics require to work empirically, some knowledge of statistics and econometrics is useful and participants should be motivated to undertake empirical work. You should write your seminar paper in English.
How Topics are allocated
Please refer to the website of finance area for more information on the assignment process.
FIN 604 – Stata in Finance
Most of the topics in Finance require you to work empirically. If you apply for an empirical seminar topic at a chair of the Finance Area and your knowledge about STATA and financial databases is limited, you should also take the course FIN 604 – Stata in Finance that provides you with basic knowledge about programming with STATA and the use of financial databases. Please consult this website for more information. The tutorials typically take place around the start date of the writing phase.
Learning Goals and Outcomes
In this course specific topics from the fields of “Asset Management”, “International Finance” or other areas of finance will be dealt with in depth. Students will have to work on the main topic of the seminar in some detail and write a term paper on a specific sub-topic that will be allocated to them. In the seminar, students will present their own paper, discuss another student's paper, and participate actively in the classroom discussions.
Students will learn how to independently work on a research paper. Thus, the seminar paper also serves as preparation for a master thesis. Furthermore, students learn how to present research results and how to contribute to scientific discussions. In an examplary seminar, students will present their own paper, discuss another student's paper, and participate actively in the classroom discussions. The detailed set-up of the seminar sessions is subject to the individual chairs' policies.
Language
You should write your seminar paper in English.
Form of Assessment
- Paper: 50%
- Presentation: 25%
- Referee report on another student's paper: 15%
- Oral participation: 10%
Additional Guidelines
Further guidance on the seminar paper (e.g., formal requirements) is provided in this document.
Previous Seminar Offerings
Here, you can find more information on previous course offerings.
Process Guide and Schedule
| Date | Event | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
| 30.05.2023 | Topics Announcement | You will find the topics offered by LS Ruenzi here. [Password: ruenzi23] |
| 31.05.2023 | Topics Presentation | Topics will be presented by the participating chairs. A detailed schedule will be published on the website of the finance area. |
| 01.06.2023 – 15.06.2023 | Preference Submission | Students should submit a preference list for the offered topics via an online application form. The corresponding link will be published on the website of the finance area. |
| 27.06.2023 | Starting Date | The allocation of topics will be published on the website of the finance area and the writing phase begins. |
| 22.08.2023 | Submission Date | Submission date. |
| tba | Seminar Presentations | Session where the work is presented and discussed. |
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