Thesis Supervision (Bachelor and Master)

If you are interested in writing a thesis at the Chair of Applied Microeconomics, please complete our application form (see PDF on the right), in which you briefly outline your intended topic.

Completed thesis topics include:

• "Tacit Collusion With Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (M)
• "Dynamic Pricing with Capacity Constraints—An Application to Ticketing" (M)
• "Effects of Liberalization on the Incumbent`s Network Investment Behavior—Evidence from the Swiss Federal Railways" (M)
• "Using Persuasion Cascades to Mitigate Consumer Resistance" (M)
• "Pay-What-You-Want— Theory and Experimental Evidence" (B)
• "Die Versteigerung von Zuwanderungszertifikaten - Eine ökonomische Analyse" (B)
• "Zweiseitige Märkte im Kartellrecht" (M)
• "Raserei im Strassenverkehr - Eine ökonomische Analyse" (B)
• "Hochpreisinsel Schweiz und Preisdiskriminierung - Eine ökonomische Analyse" (M)
• "On The Economics of Non-Binding Retail Price Recommendations" (B)
• "Regulating Credit Rating Agencies" (M)
• "Market concentration and competition in High-Tech industries - applying the independent submarket model to panel evidence from Switzerland" (M)
• "Repeat Offenders in Public Transportation: An event history analysis" (B)
• "Do M&As Reduce Risk of Financial Institutions?" (M)
• "Microeconomic Impact of Capital Controls: Empirical Evidence and Analysis of Profit Shifting Behavior on Multinational Companies" (M)
• "On the Impact of the Free Trade Agreement between EFTA and Central America - An Economic Analysis" (M)
• "Net Neutrality in Switzerland: Pros and Cons" (B)