Bachelor theses
Below you find a list of suggested topics for bachelor theses. All topics refer to current empirical literature in economics and require students to read, replicate, and discuss empirical papers (in the area of expertise of our team members). If you have a very specific topic in mind and are convinced that our team would be the best fit for supervising it, do not hesitate to contact us.
Corruption
- Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
- Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments
- The Political Resource Curse
- Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
Olken (2007)
Betreuer: Anna Gasten
Ferraz & Finan (2011)
Betreuer: Laura Barros
Brollo et al. (2013)
Betreuer: Laura Barros
Callen & Long (2015)
Betreuer: Justyna Jantos
Development
- Immigrants and the making of America
Sequeira, Nunn & Qian (2020)
Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt
- Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
Dell, Jones & Olken (2012)
Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt - Building Nations through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football
Depetris-Chauvin et al. (2020)
Betreuer: Laura Barros
Elections and Voting
- How do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multicountry Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates
- Race, Representation, and Local Governments in the US South: The Effect of the Voting Rights Act
Le Pennec & Pons (2023)
Betreuer: Justyna Jantos
Bernini, Facchini & Testa (2023)
Betreuer: Justyna Jantos
Gender
- Intrahousehold Consumption Allocation and Demand for Agency: A Triple Experimental Investigation
Afzal et al. (2018)
Betreuer: Anna Gasten
- Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics?
Baskaran & Hessami (2018)
Betreuer: Laura Barros - The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India
Iyer et al. (2012)
Betreuer: Laura Barros
- Insurance
- Time versus State in Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Contract Farming in Kenya
Casaburi & Willis (2018)
Betreuer: Anna Gasten
Political Economy
- Ethnic Diversity in Government and the Provision of Public Goods
- The Economic Origins of Conflict in Africa
McGuirk & Burke (2020)
Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt - The Non-Democratic Roots of Elite Capture: Evidence from Soeharto Mayors in Indonesia
Martinez-Bravo, Mukherjee & Stegmann (2017)
Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt - The Political Boundaries of Ethnic Divisions
Bazzi & Gudgeon (2021)
Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt - The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement in Mexico
Dell et al. (2015)
Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt - The Local Political Economy Effects of School Construction in Indonesia
Martinez-Bravo (2017)
Betreuer: Laura Barros - Money and Politics: The Effects of Campaign Spending Limits on Political Entry and Competition
Avis et al. (2022)
Betreuer: Laura Barros
Beach & Jones (2017)
Betreuer: Anna Gasten
Poverty
- Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India
Barnhardt, Field & Pande (2017)
Betreuer: Anna Gasten