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Seminar Household Finance
(dt. Seminar Household Finance)

Level, degree of commitment Specialization module, compulsory elective module
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Seminar (2 SWS),
(attendance: 30 hours, private study and Anfertigung seminararbeit: 135 hours, Vorbereitung Vortrag: 15 hours)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Course requirement(s):
Examination type: Presentation (2 CP) and Term paper (4 CP). IMPORTANT: This module is offered by FB02; the exam can only be retaken twice.
Language,
Grading		 English,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Business Administration.
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
Person in charge of the module's outline Prof. Dr. Oscar A. Stolper

Contents

In the seminar, the participating students address a selected question in the field of financial decisions of private households and answer it with the help of the survey data set ''Panel on Household Finances (PHF)'' administered by the German Bundesbank within the framework of independently conducted empirical analyses, which are finally documented in a term paper.


Qualification Goals

After completing the module, students will be able to

  • apply the skills they have acquired in the course in the development and structuring of relevant information to a specific question within the subject area of household finance,
  • prepare an academic paper related to the financial decisions of private households, the core of which is an independent empirical analysis of PHF data and
  • present their findings from the seminar and critically reflect on them - also in discourse with fellow students.

Prerequisites

None.


Applicability

Module imported from M.Sc. Business Administration.

When studying M.Sc. Business Mathematics, this module can be attended in the study area Free Compulsory Elective Modules.

The module is assigned to the focus area Accounting and Finance. Further information on eligibility can be found in the description of the study area.


Recommended Reading

(not specified)



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