Seminar Profile
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Title | Seminar Banking and Finance |
| Course code(s) | 374000 |
| Offered | WiSe 2024/2025 |
| Course availability | WiSe |
| General Topic | Capital Market Research |
| Target group / area (Zuordnung) | MSc WiWi PO 2018; MSc WiIng PO 2018: Area Finance, Banking & Insurance (Major and Minor) |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Course 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 empirically oriented seminar, students work on capital market-related questions independently with the help of numerical software (e.g. R or Stata). Subsequently, the results are evaluated economically and presented scientifically. |
| Prerequisites | BWL III |
| Introductory course to academic research | An introduction to scientific work at the Institute for Banking and Finance and Programming in R is mandatory. This takes place after the binding registration. Depending on the Corona situation, it will probably also take place online in winter term 2020/2021. Further information will be announced during the introductory event. |
| Formal guidelines | Guidelines for the preparation of scientific papers are available in Stud.IP. |
| General literature | Brooks, C. (2014). Introductory econometrics for finance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes |
| Methodology | An empirical research, a case or a simulation study. |
| Specialised software | R / Matlab or similar statistical software |
| Recommended word processing software | LaTeX / MS Word |
| Page count | 12 (group of 2), 14 (group of 3), 17 (group of 4) |
| Meeting(s) to discuss outline | Multiple possible |
| Performance requirements / Evaluation | Attendance during presentation session is required, consists of a written part and a presentation performance |
| Examiner | Prof. Dr. Dierkes |
| Contact person | M.Sc. Oliver Budras |
| Group Assignments and Topics | |
| Group work | Required |
| Group size | 2 - 3 |
| Group formation | Based on preferences of the students, allocation by the institute |
| Topics | The topics will be announced at a presentation event. Further information can be found in Stud.IP. |
| Topic allocation | Based on preferences |
| Type of advance registration | PDF-Form sent per E-Mail (Form available in Stud.IP) |
| Schedule | |
| Pre-registration / Application | No pre-registration required. Make sure to join the Stud.IP-course for this seminar to receive updates and new information on dates. |
| Kick-Off-Meeting | probably CW 42 |
| Topic assignment | probably CW 43 |
| Binding registration | end of CW 43 |
| Commencement of seminar paper | probably CW 44 |
| Submission of seminar paper | Six weeks after commencement |
| Submission of presentation | latest 1 day before date of presentation |
| Presentation | Probably CW 51. Precise date follows soon after the start of the seminar. |
