Range of topics

  • Institutional Economics and Economic Policy (Bachelor)
    • Overcoming Cooperation Problems: Reputation Mechanisms
    • Externalities / Environmental Economics
    • Public Goods / Public Good Games
    • Public Choice: Election Procedures and their Characteristics
  • Competition Policy (Bachelor, Master)
    • Economic Aspects of IT Security and Privacy
    • Digital Markets / Big Data
    • Cartels
    • Mergers & Aquisitions
    • Abuse of Market Power
  • Industrial Organization (Bachelor, Master)
    • Bundling
    • Vertically Related Markets
    • Goods of Trust and Experience
  • Networks (Bachelor, Master)
  • Matching (Bachelor, Master)
  • Contests & Innovation (Bachelor, Master)
    • Overbidding / Overspreading
    • Behavioral / Evolutionary Explanations of Contest Behavior
    • Contest Design
  • Health Economics and Credence Goods

Determination of the topic

The topic of the thesis will normally be related to the teaching and research fields of our Chair. You are also welcome to make a proposal for a topic; nevertheless, according to examination regulation you are not entitled to claim a topic of your choice.

Here you can find an overview of all completed theses at the chair of Institutional Economics and Economic Policy.

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