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The student should be able to
• Formulate a well-defined problem and argue for the relevance and usefulness of this problem formulation.
• Identify relevant literature, describe the essence of it and argue for its relevance, and reflect on its strengths and weaknesses related to the problem formulation.
• Identify and apply relevant empirical and/or analytical methods and explain their relevance and limitations for the problem formulation.
• Apply quantitative economic tools and methods to analyze the economic issues and evaluate the results in a comprehensible form.
• Reflect on the obtained results in relation to the problem formulation, the methodology used and the literature and derive the most important conclusions of the analyses.
• Apply a scientific, clear and concise language to present the analysis.
Topics in Quantitative Economics is a special course used as an umbrella for IMSQE-students writing a small paper in a topic of their choice, making it is possible for the students to work on a topic where there is not enough students to justify lecture series. The subject of the paper must be accepted by the supervisor of the IMSQE-student.
Students who want to prepare a Topics paper should contact a faculty member associated with the IMSQE-programme (to become the supervisor) to discuss the content of the topic. The topic must be agreed on with the supervisor, who may also provide a list of possible required reading. The paper (20 pages at most) must be handed in to the supervisor on the date agreed upon with him/her.
If the Topics paper shall count as one of the written activities required in the academic regulations for the IMSQE-programme, the Study Board for Economics and Management should be notified when the paper is handed in to the supervisor.
The title of the topics paper will be indicated on the student's course diploma.
The supervisor is selected from the list of faculty members associated with the IMSQE-programme.
Written assignment prepared under supervision.
English
To be decided by the student and the supervisor.
Home assignment only, or home assignment followed by an oral examination without preparation as decided by the supervisor. When the topics paper has been accepted and the student has handed in one copy to the supervisor, the student will also have signed up for the topics exam. When an oral examination is required, the supervisor will inform the student about the exact time of the examination.
