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

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.