Assignment Topics : AQQD
Your task:
You can analyse any dataset (primary or secondary data) and you can develop your own research question. I recommend reading Economic Letters or other letters journals to get some ideas about recent topics. I also find two example papers on BLE.
Examples based on previous topics:
• Cryptocurrencies: the bubble in Bitcoins
• Developing an early warning system for financial crises
• Risk and returns of ethical investment strategies
Please note the following:
• Please follow the style used in letters journals such as Economics Letters or Applied Financial Economics Letters.
• You should develop a more formalised and concise title for your essay.
• The empirical analysis should provide the following: description of variables used (e.g. definitions), descriptive analysis, exploring data (e.g. outliers) and a regression analysis.
• You have to use STATA for your analysis. A STATA do-file can be provided in the appendix.
• There is less focus on the theoretical background of your topic.
• I do not expect a very long literature review, as the focus is on analysing data.
• Your assignment should demonstrate a good understanding of the relevant concepts, analytical methods and their interpretation. The assignment should demonstrate a good ability to interpret the statistical method, relevant data and facts in an analytical manner. The assignment should bibliographic references as in a published article. The essay must be in your own words. References must be given to any explicit or implicit citations.
• Follow the structure and style of empirical papers published in ‘Economics Letters'.
• Your essays should be about 4000 words long.