Seminar Fact Sheet
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Title | Seminar Kapitalmarktforschung |
| Course number(s) | 271022 |
| Offered | Winter term 2023/2024 |
| Course availability | Winter and summer term |
| General Topic | Capital Market Research |
Target Group | BSc WiWi PO 2017: Areas business (BWL) |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Language | German or English |
| Location | Internal seminar |
| Industry Partner | No |
| Timetable | Block event |
| Completion of term paper | During the term |
| Requirements and Support | |
| Objectives | In this empirical seminar, students investigate capital market related research questions by applying numerical software (e.g. R or Stata). Subsequently, results are evaluated economically and presented scientifically. |
| Prerequisites | BWL III |
| Introductory course to academic research | An introduction to scientific working and programming in R is mandatory and will be provided in ILIAS (after the final registration for the seminar). |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for the preparation of scientific papers are available in Stud.IP. |
| General literature | Berk, J. B., & DeMarzo, P. M. (5. ed. 2019). Corporate finance. Pearson Education. Brooks, C. (2014). Introductory econometrics for finance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes |
| Methodology | An empirical research or a simulation study. |
| Software | R or Stata (other software on request) |
| Recommended word processing software | LaTeX or Microsoft Word |
| Page count | 20 (group of 2), 24 (group of 3, 28 (group of 4) |
| Meeting(s) to discuss outline | Multiple meeting are possible. |
| Performance requirements / Evaluation | Attendance during the presentation session is required. Evaluation consists of a written part and the presentation.
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| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Dierkes |
| Contact person | Oliver Budras |
| Group work and topic allocation | |
| Group work | Required |
| Group size | 2 - 4 |
| Group formation | Based on preferences. |
| Topics | Available topics will be announced at an introductory sessions. Further information can be found in Stud.IP. |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences. |
| Type of advance registration | PDF form sent via e-mail (available in Stud.IP) |
| Schedule | |
| Pre-registration / Application | - |
| Kick-Off-Meeting | Probably CW 41 |
| Topic assignment | Probably CW 42 |
| Binding registration | End of CW 42 |
| Commencement of the seminar paper | Beginning with binding registration |
| Submission of the seminar paper | 6 weeks after binding registration |
| Submission of presenation | No later than two days before the presentation. |
| Presentations | Presumably in CW 50 or CW 51 |
| Additional Notes | |
| Further information and documents will be published via the course "Seminar Kapitalmarktforschung" (in Stud.IP). | |
