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Seminar Empirical Finance

In this empirical seminar, you will gather data-driven evidence on current trends and issues in the field of empirical finance. Upon successful completion of this seminar, you will have acquired a number of valuable competencies. You will be able to research the literature, structure the collected information efficiently, and apply this knowledge to a specific problem. Moreover, you will have gathered hands-on experience in the handling, describing, and analyzing of a real-world dataset. While this course provides you with an optimal preparation for your empirical Master’s thesis at the Behavioral Finance Research Group, its take-aways do continue to be relevant beyond university: knowing how to translate data into information is a much sought-after skillset for a wide range of job profiles in the finance sector and elsewhere. Last but not least, you will hone your presentation and discussion skills when sharing the results of your empirical analysis with your fellow students. Most importantly, however, you will feel the sensation of working on something original – none of the research questions investigated in this seminar has been addressed before and it is you who will first come up with well-researched answers!

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