Seminar-Steckbrief
| Allgemeine Merkmale | |
|---|---|
| Titel | Seminar Current Topics in Public Economics |
| Belegnummer(n) | 272069 |
| im Semester | Summer Term 2026 |
| Angebotsrhythmus | |
| Rahmenthema (Inhalt) | Illicit Financial Flows: Corruption, Extortion and Evasion |
| Zielgruppe / Zuordnung | BSc WiWi PO 2017, Competence areas: Economics and Business Administration |
| Anzahl Plätze | 15 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Veranstaltungsort | Internes Seminar |
| Praxispartner | No |
| Veranstaltungsrhythmus | Block course |
| Anfertigung der Hausarbeit | During lecture period |
| Anforderungen und Unterstützung | |
| Zielsetzung | Through their participation in the seminar, students expand their abilities to interpret and discuss topics in public economics based on current academic literature. Students write a term paper on different topics and present their work in a final block seminar which also includes group discussion. In their term paper, students have to show that they are able to understand a scientific paper in terms of its core messages and its methodology (theoretical and/or empirical). It is expected that they can summarize these aspects in their own words in a clear and concise manner. Moreover, students have to be able to embed the scientific paper in a broader context and to critically discuss the paper. |
| Erforderliche Vorkenntnisse | Microeconomics, econometrics/statistics (recommended) |
| Unterstützender Kurs zur Einführung in das Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten | No |
| Formale Vorgaben | Guidelines „How to write an academic term paper“ |
| Allgemeine Literatur |
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| Basisliteratur zum Einstieg je Thema | Yes |
| Methodik | Writing and presentation techniques, fundamentals of scientific work, interpretation and discussion of econometric/statistical or model-theoretical argumentations. |
| Eingesetzte Spezial-Software | None |
| Empfohlene Textverarbeitungssoftware | MS Word / LaTeX (recommended) |
| Seitenumfang Hausarbeit | About 12 pages |
| Gliederungsbesprechungen | 1 |
| Leistungsanforderungen / Bewertung inkl. Gewichtung | Term paper [40%], presentation/discussion [40%], oral participation in the seminar [20%], compulsory attendance |
| Prüfer | Prof. Dr. Maximilian Todtenhaupt |
| Ansprechpartner | Dr. Lennard Zyska |
| Gruppenarbeit und Themenvergabe | |
| Gruppenarbeit | No |
| Gruppengröße | - |
| Verfahren für die Zusammensetzung der Gruppen | - |
| Themen | Brief overview of the topics of the term papers during the first meeting (16CW 2026, Online). |
| Verfahren für Themenvergabe | preference-based (lottery draw if necessary) |
| Art der Voranmeldung | - |
| Zeitlicher Ablauf | |
| Voranmeldung / Bewerbung | - |
| Vorbesprechung / Themenvorstellung / Kick-Off-Meeting | 16 CW 2026 (Online) |
| Weitere Meetings |
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| Themenzuweisung | 16 CW 2026 (Online) |
| Verbindliche Anmeldung | 17 CW 2026 |
| Bearbeitungsbeginn Seminararbeit | With registration 17 CW 2026. |
| Abgabe Seminararbeit | 23 CW 2026 |
| Abgabe Präsentation | 26 CW 2026 |
| Präsentationsveranstaltung | 26 CW 2026 |
