Bachelor's dissertations and master's theses

Free choice of topic:

Interested parties can contact the academic staff of the (university) chair directly with suggestions for topics. Economic policy relevance is the decisive factor when choosing a topic. Beyond this, there are no significant restrictions regarding the subject areas.

Topic proposals should be submitted to the (university) chair in the form of a project outline (including the object of investigation, approach and core literature already reviewed).

Please complete this formpdf, 715 kb · deand send it to a.doerfler@uni-jena.de

The requirements for the registration of a bachelor's dissertation can be found in the Examination Regulations applicable to your degree programme.
We also recommend that students attend the lecture "Economics of Global Economic Structural Change" and/or participate in the seminar "Current Problems of Economic Policy" as a content-related requirement.

The processing period for the final year project|thesis|dissertation is eight calendar weeks from the date of registration. The length of the thesis should not exceed 30 pages (+/- 10%). The information on the formal requirements must be observed.

The (university) chair of Economic Policy offers every Bachelor candidate the opportunity to present their approach, the status of their final year project|thesis|dissertation and initial results in a seminar presentation. This seminar, which has no influence on the final grade, usually takes place about three to five weeks after registration of the thesis. The participation of all Bachelor candidates of the (university) chair in the seminars during the processing period is mandatory.

Guidelines for formal designpdf, 235 kb · de

Guidelinespdf, 220 kb · de for writing term papers and final year projects|thesis|dissertation as well as the course of the seminar

Template final year project|thesis|dissertationdocx, 44 kb · de

(Deadline in brackets)

Rana Mirzayeva (23 July 2025)

"The role of economic policy in supporting businesses during the corona pandemic"

Daniel Mossmann (23.07.2025)

"Switzerland between neutrality and international sanctions"

 

(Deadline in brackets)

Julius Bruch (14 April 2025)

"Economic Policies in South Africa Since 1994: An Analysis of Their Economic Impact"

Richard Roth (26/03/2025)

"The Impact of the AfCTA on the Unequal Distribution of Income in Africa"

Lena Meyer (27/02/2024)

"Climate protection in the economy - implementation problems of market-based instruments against the background of social sustainability"

Gillian Rilke (09/02/2024)

"State subsidies for renewable energies: International experiences and teachings for Thuringia"

Benjamin Bernstein (20 November 2023)

"Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism - Opportunities and risks for international climate policy"

Jakob Schütze (30/09/2023)

"The Effects of Political Stability on Economic Growth. An empirical analysis"

Annabell Müller (21/08/2023)

"The effects of labelling as an economic policy instrument in the food industry"

Elias Holfeld (17/07/2023)

"Where are the challenges in dealing with rules of origin in the AfCFTA"

Erik Marian Winter (11/07/2023)

"The influence of politics on the shortage of skilled labour in Germany"

Vincent Müller (10/07/2023)

"The effects of economic sanctions - empirical evidence of restrictive measures against Russia"

Luis Blum (10/07/2023)

"Botswana's Vision 2036: Prospects for success and challenges on the way to becoming a high-income country"

Helen Löffler (13/03/2023)

"The influence of institutional change on ownership structures in specific economic sectors of emerging economies and the resulting social, political and economic opportunities and conflicts using the example of Chile"

Thomas Schmidt (09.01.2023)

"The Political Economy of US Development Cooperation"

Laurens Furio Klinger (06.01.2023)

"Political economy of climate policy in democracies"

Sören Grevesmühl (29 August 2022)

"Effectiveness of Development Co-operation - The Sachs-Easterly Controversy"

Julian Schneider (15/08/2022)

"Autobahn toll - Possible effects of a privatisation of the federal motorway accompanied by user financing"

Friederike Karl (25 July 2022)

"Sustainability efforts in the textile industry"

Lucas Ditzel (24/07/2022)

"Structural change in the German automotive industry - An analysis of political framework conditions"

Lara Bardilla Saba (19/07/2022)

"The role of education in developing countries on the African continent as an intervention technique for poverty and inequality reduction and long-term improvement of the local economy"

Belana Michalke (08.07.2022)

"The use of weaponised interdependence in the actions against Russia"

Maurice Philipps (08/07/2022)

"Effects of industrial subsidies"

Liene Hennig (28/06/2022)

"How will the reform of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) affect agricultural trade between the European Union and West Africa?

Nelly Eicher (23/08/2021)

"The catch - An analysis of economic problems along the supply chain of the German meat market"

Charlotte Alma Duppstedt (11/08/2021)

"Economic problems in the textile industry"

Robbie Lämmel (03/08/2021)

"Does the unequal distribution of wealth inhibit economic growth?"

Vilja König (20/07/2021)

"An economic policy analysis of current efforts of framework legislation to implement sustainability strategies in supply chains"

Armin Mang (16/07/2021)

"Foreign direct investment as a driver of prosperity. Can sub-Saharan Africa learn from Asia? "

Hannah Florentine Medenwald (21/06/2021)

"A comparison of the Tinbergen rule with issue linkage using the example of environmental requirements in trade agreements"

Tabea Nolting (14/06/2021)

"Petro-populism: The use of natural resources for the political enrichment of populists"

Johannah Müller (07/06/2021)

"To what extent does colonialism still have an influence on German development cooperation today"

Friedrich Gallon (28/04/2021)

"What role does flexibilisation play in the energy transition?"

Sarah Abu El Haija (02/02/2021)

"Corruption in dictatorships and democracies"

Lukas Maicher (22/01/2021)

"Liquidity trap - comparison between Japan and the EU"

Alexander Claus (05/10/2020)

"A consideration of the environmental Kuznets curve"

Michael Jesus Jensen (31/03/2020)

"Effects of inflation on growth in Latin America"

Alfons John (31/03/2020)

"What form of economic integration is suitable for the UK after Brexit"

Maria Fehnl (16/03/2020)

"Market entry in Africa - What opportunities are there for German SMEs to enter the African market?"

Maximilian Wirsing (12/03/2020)

"Are the EU ASP programmes achieving their objectives?"

Sebastian Heinrich Bode (03/10/2019)

"The effect of information and communication technologies on corruption"

Robert Herweg (23/09/2019)

"Effectiveness of sanctions using the case of Russia"

Johannes Büttner (06/08/2019)

"All a question of the political system? Lobbying in the European Union and the United States of America"

Ismail Burak Demirezen (05/07/2019)

"A review of trade diversion and trade creation in NAFTA"

Sophie Elene May (30/04/2019)

"What are the effects of migration shocks on wage levels"

Julia Peiß (13/04/2019)

"Can development aid defeat terrorism?"

Christoph Kämmer (31/03/2019)

"The Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States"

Jana Schwarz (29/03/2019)

"How has China integrated itself into global value chains?

Jan Lukas Bernewitz (26/03/2019)

"Privatisation of drinking water supply in Africa - opportunities and risks"

Franz Geithner (16/03/2018)

"Standards in mega-regional trade agreements and their potential impact using the example of the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership"

Marcel Gellien (05/03/2018)

"Resource curse"

Alexander Hohl (22/01/2018)

"Water supply and corruption in developing countries"

Jonas Geisen (01 November 2017)

"Regional Cooperation as a Development Strategy - Evidence from Asian Countries and its Adaptation Possibilities for Sub-Saharan Africa"

Isabelle Plank (23 October 2017)

"Integration of developing countries into global value chains using the example of Southern African countries"

Alexander Niclas Popovic (28/08/2017)

"Internet economy - innovations and challenges for economic policy using the example of the search engine market"

Simon Buchheister (10/07/2017)

"Pension insurance in Germany - challenges and prospects"

Jonas Will (31/01/2017)

"Microfinancein transition - between development aid and profit maximisation"

Kenny Böswetter (17/10/2016)

"Effects of global value chains on the domestic labour market - a comparison between industrialised and developing countries"

Christian Peters (11/10/2016)

"Property rights approaches to solving environmental problems: a critical analysis"

Tobias Köcher (30/09/2016)

"The unconditional basic income: Utopia or realistic concept?"

Lukas Tinzmann (26/09/2016)

"The impact of the current low interest rate policy on property prices in Germany"

Emanuel Braunert (26/09/2016)

"Demography and development: The vision of a demographic dividend in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Oleg Shevchenko (25/08/2016)

"Import substitution as an adequate response to sanctions"

Christopher Schrey (28/07/2016)

"Cartel behaviour in an oligopoly using the example of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries"

Sebastian Müller (04/08/2016)

"Cash under scrutiny - The debate on the abolition of cash with special reference to the euro area"

Lisa Fritz (20/06/2016)

"Effects of the regulation of the telecommunications market on broadband development in Germany"

René Scheibe (28/03/2016)

"The role of production standards and the impact of harmonisation on third countries"

Orlanda Cristiano Da Cunha (29/02/2016)

"Impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - Possible trade effects on Sub-Saharan Africa"

Kevin Bayer (09/02/2016)

"The Development of the European Sugar Market Organisation - Background, Structure and Impact"

Johanna Schnier (30/09/2015)

"How do bilateral investment treatments affect FDI flows into developing countries?"

Hjalmar Teufel (30/09/2015)

"Effects of a transatlantic trade and investment partnership on third countries"

Matthias Oberdörfer (30/09/2015)

"Analysis of the effectiveness of development aid payments with a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa"

Dirk Böhmig (01/07/2015)

"The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union and its impact on developing countries using the example of Africa"

Philipp Mayr (30/06/2015)

"The Development Impact of International Migration on Developing Countries"

Rebecca Krug (12/03/2015)

"Investment backlog in Germany: causes, effects and economic policy consequences"

Simon Jünke (30/09/2014)

"Economic policy measures to regulate and contain systemic financial market risks against the background of theories of unstable financial markets"

Christian Fortak (30/09/2014)

"Current account imbalances in the euro area - causal analysis for Germany and the GIPS"

Fabian Mayer (22/09/2014)

"Development of German labour demand"

Philipp Grötz (15/09/2014)

"A theory-based examination of the international criticism of the German export surplus"

Alexander Zimmermann (15/09/2014)

"Prospects for the success of trade sanctions against the Russian Federation"

Carolin Resaie (15/09/2014)

"The relevance of the infrastructure sector for the economic development of sub-Saharan Africa"

Fabian von Frieling (08/09/2014)

"Free trade agreement between the EU and Japan - motives and opportunities"

Lasare Samartzidis (02/09/2014)

"Approaches to the regulation of electricity markets"

Franziska Braunschädel (14/07/2014)

"Leapfrogging as a strategy for sustainable development - theory and evidence from developing countries"

Joel Schäfer (31/03/2014)

"Micro Insurance Systems and their effectiveness for tackling poverty"

Maximilian Leonhardt (31/03/2014)

"Effects of infrastructure investments on the economic development of emerging economies"

Alexander Rahtjen (05/03/2014)

"Low interest rate policy of the ECB - inflation risks for the eurozone and Germany"

Robert Bowen (27/02/2014)

"The Economy-Wide Rebound Effect: A descriptive analysis in the context of climate protection"

Maximilian Kropp (21 Dec 2013)

"The global picture of corruption. The interaction of institutional framework and level of development with regard to corruption"

Hendrik Doll (01 November 2013)

"Debt Relief Sustainability - Recent Developments in Post Completion Point HIPC Countries"

Alexander Borner (30/09/2013)

"The local impact of fair trade using the example of coffee cultivation in Nicaragua"

Tien Nguyen (23/09/2013)

"The financial transaction tax - a sensible measure for taxing the financial sector"

Christoph Bein (09/09/2013)

"The demographic dividend and its role in the economic development of emerging and developing countries"

Julia Dach (26/08/2013)

"TAFTA - Analysing the transatlantic free trade agreement in the context of the world trade order"

Carolin Aschenbrenner (26/06/2013)

"A discussion on the economic effects of a transatlantic free trade agreement between the EU and the USA"

Inga Dreier (06/03/2013)

"Effects of money laundering on economic development"

Jan Reisenweber (26/02/2013)

"The multiplier effect of the economic stimulus packages 2008-2010"

Martin Reichenbächer (28/12/2012)

"Corruption indicators and their informative value"

Daniel Boldt (28/08/2012)

"Effects of an undervalued currency on the economic development of emerging and developing countries"

Patrick Frisch (29/08/2012)

"Determinants of aggregate saving: Do tax incentives and subsidies help to increase the saving rate?

Susann Silvia Olszewski (27/08/2012)

"Effectiveness and efficiency of anti-money laundering measures"

Martin Mickiewicz (27/08/2012)

"Money laundering: source of international terrorism?"

Mandy Hörl (29/06/2012)

"Speculation with agricultural commodities: Causes and developments"

Freia Schulz (26/06/2012)

"Corruption and the consequences for the economy"

Philipp Winkler (21/06/2012)

"Foreign currency loans and their possible regulation by the European Union"

Michael Rose (14 May 2012)

"South Africa's Path-Dependency: New Results of the Product Space"

Oliver Krojnewski (26/04/2012)

"Strategies to fight corruption in the public sector"

Anne-Christin Schönherr (03/02/2012)

"Acceptance of capital controls - the end of an era in economics?"

Stefan Lorenz (30/06/2011)

"Economic analysis of an ancillary copyright for press publishers"

Niko Müller (04/08/2011)

"Banking regulation through Basel III - Teachings from the financial crisis"

Lilly Arlt (18/07/2011)

"Comparative economic policy analysis of the quota certificate system and the feed-in tariff as a system for the promotion of renewable energies"

Free choice of topic

Interested parties can contact the Chair's academic staff directly with suggestions for topics. Economic policy relevance is the decisive factor when choosing a topic. Beyond this, there are no significant restrictions regarding the subject areas.

Proposed topics should be submitted to the Chair in the form of a project outline (including the subject of the study, approach and core literature already reviewed).

Please fill out the formpdf, 817 kb · de and send it to a.doerfler@uni-jena.de

Formal requirements for thesispdf, 194 kb · de

Guidelinepdf, 165 kb · de for thesis

Templatedocx, 50 kb · de thesis

(Deadline in brackets)

Samprikta Ganguli (04/08/2025)

"Sino- and Indo-African Trade Relations and Strategic Opportunities for the African Union"

Hüseyin Tarik Cetin (25/06/2025)

"Crisis, Populism and Monetary Policy: Examining the Erosion of Central Bank Independence in Developing Nations"

(Deadline in brackets)

Altay Muratli (06/05/2025)

"Drivers of Populism"

Saloni Killedar (28/03/2025)

"Problems of Skill-Gaps of Immigrants in Germany - Causes and Remedies"

Yinuo Liu (26/11/2024)

"The Role of NGOs in Modern Governance: Impacts on Political Economy and World Trade"

Emmanuel Adomokai (14 November 2024)

"Impact of Institutional Quality and Financial Development on Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Diell Rexhepi (25/07/2024)

"Economic Consequences of Remittances in North African Countries"

Princess Nwachukwu (20/03/2024)

"Women`s financial inclusion and its impact on poverty reduction in underdeveloped countries"

Matthew Addae-Wireko (20/03/2024)

"Education and Income Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Ege Asutay (06/11/2023)

"Assessing the Economic Rationality of Modern Immigration Policies"

Robin Stöckel (04/09/2023)

"Climate Policy and Inequality: An Analysis of Effects on Wealth and Income Distribution in Germany"

Mjaftime Selimi Krasniqi (18/08/2023)

"Determinants of Foreign Direct Investments in Africa"

Tarig Ahmed (30/06/2023)

"Fostering Trade Facilitation in Africa"

Simon Akatuti (28/02/2023)

"Impact of Human Capital development and Remittances on Economic Growth of Sub-Saharan African Economies"

Farid Safarli (16/01/2023)

"Dutch Disease - An economic illness and its possible contamination in the Venezuelan economy"

Diaa Elhimdi (04/09/2022)

"Foreign Aid & Corruption in Devoloping Countries"

Florian Blomberg (25/09/2021)

"The impact of democratisation on inclusive development, economic growth and gender equality"

Licheng Jiang (03/09/2021)

"The nexus between redistribution, inequality and growth"

Yinlin Hou (30/08/2021)

"The Role of FDI in Vietnam`s Economic growth"

Leidy Orjuela (01/08/2021)

"How does the government get involved in the banking system and take action to avoid a systemic crisis?"

Christin Philipp (20/07/2021)

"Influencing factors for the emergence of voluntary industry agreements"

Bui Thi Huyen (20/05/2021)

"The impacts of FDI on the environment in ASEAN countries 2000-2016"

Luzhuo Li (11/05/2021)

"Non-Conditional Aid versus Conditional Aid"

Zhi Yiwen (22/03/2021)

"The political economy of surveillance programmes of IMF for developing countries"

Emmanuel Nti (15/01/2021)

"The impacts of trade and financial flows on poverty reduction: empirical evidence from West Africa"

Sevil Uzun (06/01/2021)

"Are Developing Countries more likely to impose Export Controls during Food Crisis?"

Tobias Hädrich (17 November 2020)

"The Economic impact of Trade policy in response to a crisis"

Titus Aliheri Asigri (06/11/2020)

"The role of FDI and Human Capital in economic growth in West Africa"

Antoneta Tsantou (15/10/2020)

"The effect of International Trade on emission in developed and developing countries"

Mohammad Hasan (30/09/2020)

"Climate change impact on GDP: a case study in Latin American countries"

Mario Baker Ramirez (11/09/2020)

"Volatility in global financial markets: the impact of global uncertainty on financial indicators and inflation"

Julia Järnström (08/09/2020)

"Analysis of the institutional set-up for climate clubs"

Almario Uka (31/03/2020)

"Drivers and Effects of Subsidising SOEs"

Akanbi Oluwajuwon Mayomi (01/01/2020)

"Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in West Africa"

Almario Uka (27/09/2019)

"What are the economic and political consequences of Belt and Road Initiative for the Central and Eastern European Countries?"

Kevin Bayer (13/06/2019)

"The economic rationale and benefits of the European Union Digital Single Market"

Anthony U. Aroh (30/03/2019)

"The Ordonomic Approach to Business Ethics"

Nora Schilling (25/10/2018)

"Does trade openness decrease or increase income inequality?"

Sebastian Schuhmann (30/04/2018)

"Hampering the Digital Economy- Non-Tariff Barriers in the European Union internal Data Trade"

Matthias Oberdörfer (13/04/2018)

"Digitalisation - Upheaval in Labor Markets in Developed Countries"

Olena Kolchina (21/01/2018)

"Origins of terrorism"

Dejan Dragitinovic (27/09/2017)

"The Role of Constitution in Economic Development"

Olena Kolchina (22/01/2018)

"Origins of terrorism"

Tran Dieu Linh (19/10/2017)

"Impacts of Globalisation on Human Wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Mourad Abarkach (09/10/2017)

"Norway and the arctic promise: Economic, environmental and regional effects"

Georg Fritzsche (30/09/2017)

"The European Union's Association Agreements with Maghreb countries and their impact on growth and development"

Morten Rob Müller (30/09/2017)

"International Trade and climate change - How can they be reconciled?"

Corina Tomus (29/09/2017)

"Water scarcity as a challenge for water policy in developing countries under climate change conditions"

Victoriya Dyachenko (19/09/2017)

"The impact of trade openness on aid effectiveness in developing countries"

Chiiya Man (25/08/2017)

"The Economic Impacts of Demographic Change"

Nodira Shoimova (06/02/2017)

"Advantages and Disadvantages of Monetary Union: An EMU Example"

Luisind Boci (07/10/2016)

"The Effect of Renewable Energy on Development: A country-comparison of South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya"

Engin Gedik (30/09/2016)

"The role of the IMF during Financial Crisis in emerging countries: Economic Rational or Political Motives"

Boglárka Molnár (30/09/2016)

"Trade, value chains and knowledge transfer: the impact of trading with different partners on developing countries"

Maria-Thérèse Zink (20/09/2016)

"Inheritance - and gift taxation - the preferential treatment of business assets and its impact on family-owned companies and SMEs from an economic point of view"

Anastasiia Slobodianiuk (13/09/2016)

"Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Africa - Impact on the Host Countries' Economies"

Anita Solina Dumitra (01/09/2016)

"The role of institutions for Foreign Direct Investment and its impact on resource abundant countries - the care of Africa"

Hanna Antsipenka (31/03/2016)

"Alternative Approaches for the Provision of Health Care Services in Sub-Sahara Africa"

Adigozal Ali (29/02/2016)

"The role of the WTO in international trade and trade policy"

Eslam Elsayed (01/02/2016)

"The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and their role in developing countries. The case of Egypt"

Seth Sylvester Gabienu (31/12/2015)

"Corporate tax incentives: Does it create economic opportunity for developing countries?"

Ngo Viet Ha Pham (16/11/2015)

"Enhancing economic development trough E-Government. Implication for Vietnam."

Moritz Böhmecke-Schwafert (30/09/2015)

"Mobile Telecommunication and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from mHealth"

Quynh Anh Nguyen (29 Sep 2015)

"Promoting SMEs' growth and development through better access to credit in Sub-Saharan Africa"

Marcel Azeroth (25/09/2015)

"Does economic stability influence extremism and terrorism?"

Stephan Lutze (03/09/2015)

"Economic Recovery Time after the Civil War in Rwanda"

Schallan Kwabla Awuye (01/08/2015)

"The Allocation of Foreign Aid and the Incentives of Donors"

Mandy Hörl (31/03/2015)

"Agricultural FDI in Africa"

Michael Carr Diete (31/03/2015)

"The Green Economy in the Developing World: An Empirical Analysis on the Efficiency of Price vs. Quantity-Based Policy Measures"

Peter Günther (23 January 2015)

"Currency Unions - Why do they exist and why do they dissolve?"

Katarina Dulkova (30/09/2014)

"Global value chains in the automotive industry - new chances for developing countries?"

Nathan Solbrandt (30/09/2014)

"The Market Based Approach to Carbon Emission Reductions"

Patricia Pedrozo da Silva (30/09/2014)

"The role of voluntary programmes in accerlerating the transition to a 'Green Economy' "

Olga Gavrilita (27/09/2014)

"Oil producing countries between prosperity and corruption"

Eva Katharina Brauer (05/09/2014)

"How would the German Economy react towards an Abolishment of the CAP?"

Jonatan Pettersson (31/08/2014)

"Political Economy of the debt relief"

Darima Dashinimaeva (15/02/2014)

"Rent-seeking and economic Development - Evidence from selected Tiger Economies"

Shady Fakhoury (14/02/2014)

"Challenges for Monetary Authorities in Developing Countries"

Luong Thanh Tran (30/09/2013)

"The role of exchange rate and monetary policy in developing Asia"

Fabian Gieseke (30/09/2013)

"Minimum Wages and youth employment - European evidence and potential impact on Germany"

Shahazad Tanveer (07/09/2013)

"Central Bank independency: Developed and developing countries compared"

Matthias Scheidler (31/08/2013)

"International Trade and Structural Change - Trade of Ricardo and Schumpeter goods between Europe and China"

Sebastian Spiegel (26/09/2012)

"The impact of economic growth on human well-being"

Feng Zhou (22/08/2012)

"Do developing countries suffer more from NTBs?"