From Ocasys: Students write a research paper on a topic in the field of Economics. They do so within a theme. Alternatively, they can also formulate their own project, which has to be approved by the course coordinator at an early stage. Students in a theme give presentations in tutorials. Students with an individual project present the final version of their research paper in a seminar.
From Ocasys: This course deals with the basic principles of microeconomic theory. Every day, consumers make decisions about the purchase of goods and services, while companies continuously decide what their product range will include and in what quantities they will supply their products. In most economies, the decisions of consumers and producers are coordinated through markets by means of the price mechanism. Prices are a measure of scarcity. Microeconomics deals with the individual decisions of consumers and producers and their coordination through the price mechanism. It studies the behavior of companies on markets and how this behavior contributes to social welfare. Many, if not most, courses in the bachelor E&BE build upon microeconomic principles. Hence, a thorough understanding of these principles is necessary.
From Ocasys: The focus of this course will be on tackling econometric and actuarial science problems through working with data. Students experience how applied econometric research is conducted in practice. They get acquainted with empirical research from economic journals, such as the American Economic Review, as well as research from fields other than economics, to learn about the broad applicability of econometrics. An example of a topic that might be studied is the question of how much an extra year of education increases later earnings. Students are provided with the data used in empirical studies and replicate the results of the associated publications. Moreover, they are asked to explore variants of the empirical strategies employed by the authors. Students write reports about their findings and orally present these. Students further tackle empirical problems in actuarial science and orally present their results. A block assignment asks students to compile their own data set to answer a relevant research question (with guidance by the lecturers).