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The students are able to characterize the specific role of emerging economies in the world economy. They know about stylized processes of (financial) development, about mechanisms of financial crises, the foundation and policy issues of microfinance, and the impact of individual characteristics on financial behavior.
Organization: The module “Emerging Markets” consists of a lecture plus a seminar. The lecture is conducted 4 hours per week during the first half of the semester (digital). The seminar takes place on two days in January 2022 (in presence). The seminar part, takes place in person.
Time etc.: The seminar language is English. It takes place either at Humboldt-Universität or the DIW Berlin (Mohrenstr. 58) on two days (Thur/Fri). Most likely days are January 27 – 28, 2022. Please, keep these days reserved.
Application: Please, apply to the seminar until (and including) 1st November 2021 (6:00 pm) by sending the following information to Jana Hamdan (jhamdan@diw.de):
(i) your first and second name
(ii) enrollment number
(iii) name of the master program
(iv) semester during master studies
(v) your preferences for three of the offered topics
(vi) case of hardship? (health, social, disability or family reasons)
In case of more than 20 applications we have to make a selection according to the rules of Humboldt-University.
In case of questions regarding the content of this seminar (and later discussion of your table of contents etc.), refer to Jana Hamdan, who is the seminar tutor (jhamdan@diw.de).
Lecture timeline:
25.10.21 start of lecture
06.12.21 end of lecture
29.11.21 submission of special work performance (submit two short essays, 12,000 to 15,000 characters, i.e. not more than 3-4 pages each)
Seminar timeline:
01.11.21 seminar application deadline (please, not earlier)
03.11.21 decision about attendance if more than 20 applications and final allocation of seminar topics for presentations; thereafter preparation of your seminar paper; please, contact us to talk about your content /structure of thesis and in case of problems
20.12.21 submission of seminar paper of about 30,000 characters including spaces, i.e. about 12-15 pages)
24.01.22 submission of your summary about the term paper
27.-28.01.22 2 days seminar, presentations
Total requirements:
- Attendance at lecture, submission of special work performance (essays)
- Attendance at seminar, submission of special work performance (seminar paper), submission of summary of seminar paper, presentation about the seminar paper (about 30 minutes)
- Grading: depends on presentation; special work performances must be passed
Further information can be found on Moodle (please use the password 'topics2022'): Selected Topics of Emerging Markets (WiSe 21/22) |
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StO/PO MA 2016: 6 LP, Modul: "Emerging Markets"
StO/PO MEMS 2016: 6 LP, Modul: "Emerging Markets", Major: Microeconomics |
