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    The document provides a list of potential dissertation topics for students in the 2022-23 academic year for the EC5500 PG program. It notes that students can choose one topic from the list or contact a supervisor to agree on an alternative topic as long as the supervisor approves. Students are advised to research potential supervisors' interests before contacting them and to have reviewed at least one related research article. Students must submit their chosen topic and agreed supervisor by March 31, 2023. Additional information is available in Panopto recordings and slides.

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    The document provides a list of potential dissertation topics for students in the 2022-23 academic year for the EC5500 PG program. It notes that students can choose one topic from the list or contact a supervisor to agree on an alternative topic as long as the supervisor approves. Students are advised to research potential supervisors' interests before contacting them and to have reviewed at least one related research article. Students must submit their chosen topic and agreed supervisor by March 31, 2023. Additional information is available in Panopto recordings and slides.

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    The document provides a list of potential dissertation topics for students in the 2022-23 academic year for the EC5500 PG program. It notes that students can choose one topic from the list or contact a supervisor to agree on an alternative topic as long as the supervisor approves. Students are advised to research potential supervisors' interests before contacting them and to have reviewed at least one related research article. Students must submit their chosen topic and agreed supervisor by March 31, 2023. Additional information is available in Panopto recordings and slides.

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    EC5500 - Topics Only - Sorted

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    Bhawna Chaurasia
    The document provides a list of potential dissertation topics for students in the 2022-23 academic year for the EC5500 PG program. It notes that students can choose one topic from the list or contact a supervisor to agree on an alternative topic as long as the supervisor approves. Students are advised to research potential supervisors' interests before contacting them and to have reviewed at least one related research article. Students must submit their chosen topic and agreed supervisor by March 31, 2023. Additional information is available in Panopto recordings and slides.

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    EC5500 PG Dissertation Topics

    (2022-23 academic year)


    Pick ONE topic from the list below. Alternatively, you can email any of the available supervisors
    (see Dissertation Supervisors) to ask to be supervised and to agree the dissertation title, but the
    supervisor can refuse. Before approaching a supervisor, study his/her webpage profile and
    research interests. It is a good idea to have looked up at least one journal article on your
    proposed topic so that you know something about the topic. You can agree on any topic the
    supervisor is willing to supervise. Submit your chosen dissertation topic and agreed supervisor
    (if any) on WISEflow by 12:00 noon on Friday, 31 March 2023. For more information please
    refer to the “Introduction to Dissertation” recording on Panopto (PowerPoint slides are under
    “Presentations”).

    Accounting based stock valuation models: theory and tests

    Applied macroeconometrics (and finance) with the use of mixed-frequency data, volatility
    and/or panel threshold models

    Asset pricing

    Auditing Practice and Auditor Independence

    Auditing Profession Restructuring

    Bank Capital adequacy and bank risk

    Bank Efficiency or Interconnectedness

    Big data analytics in Economics and Finance

    Business cycles and stock market fluctuations

    Capital flows

    Capital structure

    Climate Change and asset pricing

    Corporate social responsibility and/or sustainability

    Corporate social responsibility and/or sustainability

    Corporate social responsibility

    Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility

    Corporate Valuation and Financial Modelling in Practice

    Credit default swap pricing

    Credit default swaps

    Credit rating

    Credit spreads and credit risk pricing


    Cultural and Geographical Origins of Income Inequality

    Culture, Geography and Environmental Quality

    Debt, deficits and austerity: Effects on growth, inequality and debt

    Determinants of bank profitability

    DETERMINANTS OF BANK PROFITABILITY

    Determinants of bank profitability

    Determinants of cryptocurrency market participation

    Determinants of house prices

    Determinants of Income Inequality

    Determinants of initial public offering (IPO) underpricing

    Determinants of seasoned equity offering (SEO) underpricing

    Digital economy

    Dividends

    Drivers and outcomes of sustainable/green finance

    Early Warning System design for banking crises

    Econometric analysis of causes of banking crises

    Econometric analysis of the determinants of bank profitability, or of non-interest income

    Econometric analysis of the effect of demographic developments on asset prices

    Econometric analysis of the effect of macroprudential policy on credit, house prices or banks'
    performance

    Econometric analysis of the relation of bank capital and risk in banking

    Economic Reforms and Productivity Growth

    Economics Growth and Climate Change

    Effectiveness of quantitative easing

    Effects of macro prudential policy on banking sector risk

    Effects of macroprudential policy on banking sector risk

    Empirical Asset Pricing

    ESG and Financial Markets

    Extreme Events and financial markets: The peso problem

    Financial crisis and Accounting quality

    Financial Development and Economic Growth

    2
    Financial Engineering

    Financial Statement Analysis

    Financial structure and the effects of monetary policy on growth and stock market performance

    Financing in Practice

    Fintech (or Cryptocurrency)

    FINTECH and financial development

    Forensic Accounting

    GARCH Modelling of Volatility for Cryptocurrencies

    GARCH modelling of volatility for financial time series

    Green banking and financial contracts

    Green investment and portfolio management

    Health Economic

    How culture (patience, individualism, risk raking) affects CEOs Decisions and Firm Performance

    How firms structure their capital (i.e. debt, cash holdings) and/or their payout polices

    Impact of monetary policy on stock markets

    Impact of monetary policy on stock markets

    Impact of Uncertainty on Financial Markets and Economy

    Implied cost of capital

    Income and Wealth Inequality

    Inequality and poverty: Macroeconomic determinants and effects

    Interest rate swaps

    Internet search queries and stock prices

    IPOs

    JOINT AUDIT

    Labour economics

    Listing effects

    Machine Learning in Finance

    Macroeconomic announcements’ impact on financial markets

    Macroeconomic determinants of stock market performance: productivity, monetary and fiscal


    policy

    Market competition and firm performance

    3
    Market efficiency

    Mergers & Acquisitions in Practice

    Mergers and regulation

    Mutual fund (or investment trust) performance

    Origins of Gender Inequality

    Origins of Risk Taking

    Political regimes, property rights, and economic outcomes

    Portfolio Choice

    Pricing of bonds

    Pricing of derivatives

    Quantitative Risk Management

    Real estate valuation

    Relation of bank capital and risk in banking

    Relationship between Inflation and unemployment

    Risk assessment

    Risk Taking and Firm Performance

    Seasonality

    Sentiment and Financial Markets

    SME financing

    Social and environmental accounting

    Social Media, Status Preferences and Economic Outcomes

    Statistical properties of financial markets

    Statistical/econometric analysis of economic and financial data using R Studio or Python

    Stock market volatility

    Stock pricing

    Sustainability in procurement decisions

    Sustainability Strategies

    Sustainable development goals

    Testing for seasonal patterns on stock prices

    Testing for stock market efficiency

    Testing the sensitivity of stock returns to foreign exchange rate changes using GARCH

    4
    Testing the unbiased forward rate hypothesis

    The Behavioural Determinants of Stock Market Participation

    The Behavioural Origins of Status and Luxury goods Preferences using google trends

    The causes of banking crises

    The Economics of Status and Culture

    The Effect of Culture (e.g. patience, risk taking, individualism) on Stock Market Participation

    The effect of financial development on economic growth

    The Effect of Social Media on the Macroeconomy

    The effect of taxation on accounting quality

    The impact of adoption of IFRS on earnings quality

    The Impact of Announcements on Stock Prices

    The Impact of COVID-19 on corporate reporting

    The impact of Economic and Political Uncertainty on the Economy and Financial Markets

    The impact of Monetary Policy on Economic Growth

    The relationship between competition and risk in banking industry

    The relationship between ownership and firm performance

    The relationship between ownership structure and firm performance

    The rise and associated powers of the 'Big 4' firms of accountants

    The role of Fiscal Policy on Inequality

    The role of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Development

    The role of Monetary Policy on Inequality

    The term structure of interest rates: models and tests

    Trust, Culture and Covid-19 vaccination rates

    Understanding countries differences during the Covid-19 epidemic

    What drives the firm’s capital structure decision?

    What is the role of humans patience on economic outcomes?

    Why are some countries people more obese than others?

    Why Italy is the Powerhouse of Fashion while Germany is not?

    Why some countries have better environmental quality than others?

    Why some countries have more entrepreneurs than others?

    5
    New topics

    How has covid 19 affected earnings quality and stock returns?

    Auditors, financial analysts and credit rating agencies: How do they affect managerial behavior
    and stock valuation?

    Has ESG resulted in financial reporting and stock valuation of higher quality?

    How have cryptocurrencies affected investor behavior?

    Do stock markets see through earnings manipulation and reporting tone management?

    Do CEO tweets affect investor expectations and stock valuation?

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