Theses
General information
Thank you for your interest in writing your thesis at the Chair of Public Economics and Health Economics.
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When choosing a topic, we will be guided by your interests and the main areas of research at the chair. Topics from the following areas are conceivable:
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- Health financing (selection, risk structure compensation scheme (Risikostrukturausgleich), moral hazard, ...)
- Service providers (reimbursement, incentives, quality, competition, ...)
- Health behaviour (prevention, preferences, family, ...)
- Challenges (demographic change, technical progress, care of the elderly,...)
- Finance (external effects, public goods,...)
The topics are usually based on current research papers using different economic methods, such as microeconomic theory, empirical analysis or economic laboratory experiments. More institutionally focused theses are also possible in principle.
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Regardless of whether you plan to write a bachelor’s or a master’s thesis, you must apply for the respective thesis module via Digicampus. You will find the link to the thesis course on our website under teaching.
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Please note the following guidelines:
- Health economics is a strongly empirical discipline. Therefore, we highly recommend that students attend a methodological course (Methods in Empirical Social Science; Econometrics or Microeconometrics for master's students) in advance. It is equally important to attend courses about Health Economics (Introduction to Health Economics; Health Economics-Topics/Health Economics-Financing for master's students) in order to develop an understanding of health economic issues.
- In principle, every thesis must be presented at the chair before submission in the form of a talk (30 minutes for bachelor's theses and 60 minutes for master's theses).
- The instructions for writing scientific papers ( download) should be taken seriously. A sample cover sheet and a LaTeX template can be found here.
- For bachelor's theses, there are two possible starting dates per semester. Please note the application deadlines. The submission deadlines for the second start date are set so that grades are available in time for any prospective enrolment in one of the faculty's master's programs.
- The starting date for a master's thesis can be arranged individually. If you are interested, please contact Simon Vaclahovsky and enroll yourself in the corresponding event in the digicampus. You will also find an announcement there with all important information about the process.
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Bachelor’s theses - Dates and Approximate Timeline
Dates in the summer semester:
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| Deadline for applications | Date of the preliminary meeting |
| Preliminary meeting | End of April |
| Starting date | End of April |
| Presentation | End of June |
| Submission | Beginning of July |
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| Deadline for applications | Date of the preliminary meeting |
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End of June |
| Starting date | End of June |
| Presentation | End of August |
| Submission | Beginning of September |
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Dates in the winter semester:
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1st?Date
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| Deadline for applications | Date of the preliminary meeting |
| Preliminary meeting | Middle of November |
| Starting date | Middle of November |
| Presentation | Middle of January |
| Submission | End of January |
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2nd?Date?
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| Deadline for applications |
Date of the preliminary meeting |
| Preliminary meeting | End of December |
| Starting date | Beginning of January |
| Presentation | Beginning of March |
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Middle of March |
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