Bachelor theses

Below you find a list of suggested topics for bachelor theses. All topics refer to current empirical literature in economics and require students to read, replicate, and discuss empirical papers (in the area of expertise of our team members). If you have a very specific topic in mind and are convinced that our team would be the best fit for supervising it, do not hesitate to contact us.

Corruption

• Monitoring Corruption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia
  Olken (2007)
  Betreuer: Anna Gasten


• Electoral Accountability and Corruption: Evidence from the Audits of Local Governments
  Ferraz & Finan (2011)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros


• The Political Resource Curse
  Brollo et al. (2013)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros


• Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan
  Callen & Long (2015)
  Betreuer: Justyna Jantos

Development

• Immigrants and the making of America
  Sequeira, Nunn & Qian (2020)
  Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt
  


• Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
  Dell, Jones & Olken (2012)
  Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt


• Building Nations through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football
  Depetris-Chauvin et al. (2020)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros

Elections and Voting

• How do Campaigns Shape Vote Choice? Multicountry Evidence from 62 Elections and 56 TV Debates
  Le Pennec & Pons (2023)
  Betreuer: Justyna Jantos


• Race, Representation, and Local Governments in the US South: The Effect of the Voting Rights Act
  Bernini, Facchini & Testa (2023)
  Betreuer: Justyna Jantos

Gender

• Intrahousehold Consumption Allocation and Demand for Agency: A Triple Experimental Investigation
  Afzal et al. (2018)
  Betreuer: Anna Gasten
  


• Does the Election of a Female Leader Clear the Way for More Women in Politics?
  Baskaran & Hessami (2018)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros


• The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India
  Iyer et al. (2012)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros

Insurance


• Time versus State in Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Contract Farming in Kenya
  Casaburi & Willis (2018)
  Betreuer: Anna Gasten

Political Economy

• Ethnic Diversity in Government and the Provision of Public Goods
  Beach & Jones (2017)
  Betreuer: Anna Gasten


• The Economic Origins of Conflict in Africa
  McGuirk & Burke (2020)
  Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt


• The Non-Democratic Roots of Elite Capture: Evidence from Soeharto Mayors in Indonesia
  Martinez-Bravo, Mukherjee & Stegmann (2017)
  Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt


• The Political Boundaries of Ethnic Divisions
  Bazzi & Gudgeon (2021)
  Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt


• The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement in Mexico
  Dell et al. (2015)
  Betreuer: Tobias Hellmundt


• The Local Political Economy Effects of School Construction in Indonesia
  Martinez-Bravo (2017)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros


• Money and Politics: The Effects of Campaign Spending Limits on Political Entry and Competition
  Avis et al. (2022)
  Betreuer: Laura Barros

Poverty

• Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India
  Barnhardt, Field & Pande (2017)
  Betreuer: Anna Gasten