Seminar Profile
| General Details | |
|---|---|
| Seminar title | Seminar Staatsverschuldung |
| Course code(s) | 272058 |
| Academic session | Fall term 24/25 |
| Course availability | Fall |
| Course content | Public debt |
| Target group / area (Zuordnung) | BSc WiWi PO 2017: Kompetenzbereich VWL |
| Number of participants | 20 |
| Course language | German or English |
| Location | internal seminar |
| Industry partner | No |
| Timetable | Block course |
| Completion of term paper | during lecture period |
| Requirements and Academic Support | |
| Objectives | Academic work, expanding knowledge in the field of public debt |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Introductory course to academic research | No |
| Formal guidelines | None |
| General literature | General literature on the individual topics will be announced during the kick-off meeting |
| Basic literature to introduce each topic | Yes |
| Methodology | Literature work, possibly simple statistical analyses |
| Specialised software | None |
| Recommended word processing software | LATEX / MS Word |
| Length of term paper | 10 |
| Meeting(s) to discuss outline | Minimum 1, maximum 3 |
| Performance requirements / evaluation [indicate weighting] | attendance, oral participation [20%], presentation [30%], term paper [50%] |
| Examiner(s) | Prof. Dr. Maximilian Todtenhaupt |
| Contact person | Prof. Dr. Maximilian Todtenhaupt |
| Group Assignments and Topics | |
| Group assignment | compulsory |
| Group size | 2-3 |
| Group formation | preference-based |
| Topics | Empirics 1. Public debt in the OECD countries 2. National debt in developing countries Debt rules 3. Do debt rules prevent excessive debt? 4. The debt rules in the European Union 5. Debt ceilings in Germany 6. How were debt rules applied during the corona pandemic? Political Economy of Public Debt 7. National Debt and Elections 8. National debt and ideology Fiscal councils 9. Fiscal councils in Europe 10. How do fiscal councils prevent excessive debt? Economic consequences of national debt 11. National debt and tax competition 12. Public debt and economic growth 13. National bankruptcy |
| Assignment of topics | preference-based (random draw if undecided) |
| Initial registration | No pre-registration is required. For information about the seminar, please register in the relevant Stud.IP course in good time. |
| Process Schedule | |
| Initial registration / application | No pre-registration is required. If the seminar's capacity limit is reached, places will be allocated based on the order of registration in Stud.IP. |
| Initial discussion / topic discussion / kick-off meeting | Monday, October 21, 2024 12:45 pm-02:15 pm, room tba |
| Topic assignment | During the kick-off meeting (based on web form preferences) |
| Formal (binding) registration | Until October 28, 2024, 2:00 pm |
| Commencement of seminar paper | October 28, 2024 |
| Submission of seminar paper | January 31, 2025, 2:00 pm |
| Submission of presentation | After presentation |
| Presentation | December 17. 2024, 08:30 am-3:30 pm, Room tba |
