Overview of past bachelor thesis topics
Data science topics
- An Introduction to Bootstrap
- Bootstrap Methods for Dependent Data
- Generation of Random Variables
- Sample combinations in empirical research: a comparison of methodological approaches across disciplines
- Machine Learning Forecast Accuracy Across Time Horizons
Finance topics
- The Capital Asset Pricing Model in a (financial) crisis?
- Measuring volatility: news impact curves based on GARCH and EGARCH models
- Does the oil price affect the stock market?
- Measuring risk: Value at Risk and other risk metrics
- Volatility Prediction - Using Google’s Search Volume Index
- Three-Way Decomposition of the Bid-Ask Spread with Risk of Non-execution in an Open Limit Order Book
- Is Bitcoin a currency or an investment? Analysis of the bid-ask spread
- Insights on the Market Microstructure of Bitcoin
Topics in Economics
- Geopolitical Risk and the volatility Dynamics of the Safe Haven Index
- Political uncertainty and sector risk: An event study of the 2024 Trump election
Data-focused topics that were just plain interesting
- How to beat the tennis bookmaker market: Backtesting of a sports betting value strategy
- The Demand for and Impact of Learning HIV Status
- Determinants of Health Insurance Uptake in Rural Nigeria
- Evaluating the Adolescent Girl Employment Initiative in Nepal
- Wer macht das Rennen? Prognose von Pferderennen mithilfe maschinellem Lernen