1. 1 Bachelorseminar Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué Chair of international economics Bachelor seminar Introduction

2. 2 Bachelorseminar 19.04.2012: Distribution of topics, start of your reading time 03.05.2012: registration of your thesis, start of your working time 09.05.2012 and 10.05.2012: Bachelor seminar midterm presentation  09.30-17.00, G22A-004  11.00-17.00, G22A-210 14.06.2012: Hand in your thesis at the examination office 03.07.2012 and 05.07.2012: Bachelor seminar final presentation 10-11, G22A-210 Meetings

3. 3 Bachelorseminar 10 % midterm presentation 60 % Bachelor thesis 30 % final presentation Attention: A 5.0 in one grade means that you completely fail! Grading

4. 4 Bachelorseminar Topics Please register on the list!

5. 5 Bachelorseminar IMF Google –Scholar Worldbank OECD ECB Eurostat European Parliament Kiel Institute for the World Economy CESifo DIW IAB Bundesagentur für Arbeit destatis … Wikipedia is NO source! Only those sources that are available in English or German may be used! Where do I find further information?

6. 6 Bachelorseminar Your bachelor thesis has to be based on economic theory. Show what you have learned in your lessons so far! We would appreciate theoretical models and / or empirical support. Your thesis should be based on the ideas and publications of other researchers. Your find further information about the formatting requirements on our webpage: http://www.ww.uni- magdeburg.de/vwl-iw/ and the link „Theses“http://www.ww.uni- magdeburg.de/vwl-iw/ Your thesis consists of 20 +/-2 pages One page consists of 2500 characters incl. blanks Remember that economics is concerned with efficiency! Do more with less! What we expect:

7. 7 Bachelorseminar 10 minutes for the midterm presentation 20 minutes for the final presentation Presentations

8. 8 Bachelorseminar Show how far you got with your thesis. Introduce your literature. Ask about obstacles or points you are not sure about! Show further research questions in the field of your thesis and discuss with the audience if you should include them in your work. The midterm presentation

9. 9 Bachelorseminar Introduce the basic reasoning of your thesis. Provide some additional information that is not included in your written work. Discuss further research questions connected to your topic. Give a glance at the recent developments. Lead over to the discussion part. The final presentation

10. 10 Bachelorseminar Please remember to send your presentations one day before the meetings (i.e. 2.7.2012 and 8.5.2012) to Mrs. Mohr via email as.ppt and.pdf. Presentations

11. 11 Bachelorseminar Jessica Mohr, M. Sc. E-Mail: jessica.mohr@ovgu.dejessica.mohr@ovgu.de Telephone: +49-391-67-11345 Room: G22/C 110 Consultation: by agreement Kateryna Khorkhordina, M. Sc. Email: kateryna.khorkhordina@ovgu.de kateryna.khorkhordina@ovgu.de Telephone: +493916712104 Room: G22/D101 Consultation: Do 14:00-15:00 and by agreement Contact information Fabian Horn, M. Sc. E-Mail: fabian.horn@ovgu.de@ovgu.de Telefone: +49-391-67-18175 Room: G22/C 112 Consultation: by agreement