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Writing a doctoral dissertation in finance.

Students interested in the practical relevance of academic research in finance and who have a strong academic track record should consider writing a doctoral dissertation. The finance track of the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program ( https://bdpems.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/portal/ ) introduces students to research questions and methodologies that shape current research in financial economics, and prepares graduates for research careers in universities, central banks, and other research-oriented institutions.

Our PhD program consists of intensive course work in microeconomics, econometrics, and financial economics during the first year, and advanced specialization courses in finance in the second year. The core course in finance covers the main fields of financial economics, i.e., corporate finance, financial intermediation, and asset pricing. Elective courses from other fields in economics can also be chosen. Students must complete a minimum of 90 ECTS in order to finish the program. The typical study sequence in finance is as follows.

The finance faculty currently include Tim Adam, Max Bruche, Beatriz Mariano, Lukas Menkhoff, and Alex Stomper. We nurture a stimulating environment for research in finance. Our core strengths lie in the areas of corporate finance and financial intermediation, but we are also interested in research at the intersection of finance with other fields in economics (e.g. labor economics, international economics, or development) as well as outside economics (e.g. history, climate change.

We are conducting both empirical and theoretical research, and have access to many of the major databases in finance, such as EIKON, Compustat, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, and Morningstar. In addition, Prof. emeritus Richard Stehle has calculated the Fama-French factors for Germany since 1958. This data is available here . Funding for other financial data is available upon request.

Application  

If you would like to write a doctoral dissertation in finance you must first apply to the Berlin School of Economics (BSE) PhD Program ( https://bdpems.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/portal/content/application ). The application deadline is each year in February.

We do not supervise external dissertation projects. Every student wishing to write a dissertation in finance must first enroll and complete the BSE PhD Program.

Frequently Asked Questions concerning studies at the PhD level: https://www.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/de/professuren/vwl/wipo/faq_master_phd

2-year scholarships (€ 1.200/month) are available for applicants with outstanding academic credentials. Upon successful completion of the first- and second-year courses, students are eligible to apply for a research assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) position in the Finance Group. This position provides funding for another three years of doctoral study. In addition, there are external funding opportunities, such as the Kauffmann Dissertation Fellowship Program etc. Information on further funding opportunities are available from the Scholarship Portal .  

Starting April 1st 2013, the Humboldt-University will offer "Humboldt Research Track" scholarships at € 800 for the first time, in order to pave the way to a doctoral degree for exceptional Master students. The scholarship supports students during the transition phase between the completion of the master degree and the begin of doctoral studies. Additional information is available at: https://www.exzellenz.hu-berlin.de/de/foerderlinien/youth-development/humboldt-research-track-scholarship  

Scholarships for post-doctoral studies are available from the DAAD: https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/22346-postdoctoral-researchers-international-mobility-experience/  

For more information on scholarships, please visit the website of the Humboldt-Graduate School: https://www.exzellenz.hu-berlin.de/de/foerderlinien/youth-development/humboldt-research-track-scholarship

Placement Students mentored by members of the finance faculty have been placed in universities such as Cass Business School, Copenhagen Business School, Ghent Univ., and Univ. of Georgia, in central banks and public sector institutions such as BaFin, Bundesbank, ECB, KfW, and OECD, as well as in the private sector, e.g. Deutsche Asset Management, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, or Munich Re.

Ph.D. Finance Curriculum

Advanced Financial Economics (4 SWS, 9 ECTS, SS)

This course covers the main areas in finance: corporate finance, financial intermediation, asset pricing, and investments.

Research Topics in Finance I (2 SWS, 6 ECTS, WS)

This course explores classic and current academic research on Financial Intermediation. It targets PhD and Master students who are currently looking for a topic for their own thesis. The course starts with a lecture-style presentation of the overarching research themes in the literature. Seminar participants will then present and discuss classic papers, as well as current unpublished papers that are still being presented at conferences.

Research Topics in Finance II (2 SWS, 6 ECTS, SS)

Discussion of current research topics in financial economics.

Finance Research Seminar (2 SWS)

This seminar is a series of research seminars given by external guests in the areas of finance and accounting. For the current seminar schedule click here .

Finance Reading Group (2 SWS)

Discussion of the research presented in the Finance-Accounting Research Seminar and other current events.

Finance Brown Bag Seminar (2 SWS)

In this seminar PhD students present their own work in an informal athmosphere.

Other recommended Elective Courses

· Microeconometric Evaluation Methods (Caliendo (Uni Potsdam), 6 ECTS)

· Applied Econometrics (Gassen/Wagner (ESMT), 9 ECTS)

· Time Series Analysis (Droge, 9 ECTS)

· Analysis of Panel Data (Droge, 9 ECTS)

· Applied Microeconomics (Steiner, 6 ECTS)

· Structural Econometrics: Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation (DIW, 6 ECTS)

· Structural Econometrics in Labor and IO (DIW, 6 ECTS)

· Introduction to Policy Analysis and Policy Advice (DIW, 9 ECTS)

· Empirical Accounting Research (Gassen/Olsson (ESMT), 6 ECTS)

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Renato Gomes , PhD Officer is happy and proud to congratulate all our Job Market candidates for their very good placement. Most of them will join prestigious universities for the next academic year 2021-2022.

- Bonneton Nicolas - University of Manheim Assistant Professor  - Bregolin Jacopo - University of Liverpool Assistant Professor - Bruneel Christophe - KU Leuven Assistant Professor - De Souza Bueno Matheus - OECD - Duran-Franch Joana - Postdoc at Columbia 1 year  - Enrich Moya Jacint - Postdoc at Pompeu Fabra - 3 years  - Gaillac Christophe - Postdoc Nuffield College – 3 years  - Khainar Kunal - Bank of England  - Lefez Willy - Postdoc Berlin School of Economics - 4 years - Pébereau Charles - Post doc at Stanford - 3 years - Pollinger Stefan - Sciences Po Paris Assistant Professor - Remmy Kevin - Postdoc at University of Mannheim - 5 years  - Yang Yang - Nanjing University Assistant Professor  - Zerecero Miguel - UC Irvine Assistant Professor - Zhou Ling - Postdoc University of Padova - 2 years 

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Video interviews with the press and online media offer great potential for researchers to reach a wide audience. But how do you deal with the challenges of on-camera interview situations? How to find the right language for the format? How do you answer challenging questions? Journalist Lena Fiedler (Zeit/Zeit online, DLF, FAZ etc.) will answer these and other questions in a practice-oriented INSIGHTS skills training on "Video Interviews".

In this hands-on course, you will learn the working methods and requirements of journalists, tools for actively shaping interview situations, speech and presentation exercises in front of the microphone and camera, including evaluation and dealing with interviews under pressure. Practical exercises, including evaluation, account for approximately 2/3 of the workshop time.

The training takes place on Friday, March 22, 2023 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. WZB Berlin Science Center, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin in Room B001

To register for the training, please send me a short email with your name, institution and program to  [email protected]  by March 20.

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The department consistently places top MA students into our own PhD in Economics program, as well as into – typically Economics – PhD programs of top universities world-wide. Below is the list of recent PhD placements:

2023:  CEU, UC Santa Barbara, Vienna Graduate School of Finance, TU Dresden, Ohio State University 

2022: CEU, IESE, University of Barcelona, University of Rochester

2021: CEU (3), University of California San Diego, Vienna Graduate School of Finance, Berlin School of Economics, Uppsala University

2020:   CEU (3), University of Mannheim

2019: CEU 2018: CEU, Boston University, University of Michigan, Tinbergen Institute, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, CERGE-EI 2017: CEU (2), Bocconi University, University of Geneva 2016: CEU, Duke University (2), University of Maryland, Rice University, The Graduate Institute Geneva 2015: Duke University (3), University of Surrey, Princeton University, London School of Economics 2014: CEU (3), University of Michigan, Boston College, Deakin University 2013: CEU (3), Yale University, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Duke University, Boston University, University of Mannheim, University of Texas at Austin 2012: CEU (7), UC Berkeley, Stockholm School of Economics 2011: CEU (4), University of British Columbia, UC Berkeley, Columbia University, Aarhus University, Kiel University 2010: CEU (3), Princeton University, University of British Columbia, Charles University, Cardiff University 2009: UC Berkeley (2), University of Manchester, Yale University 2008: University of Michigan, Harvard University, Michigan State University, University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2007: CEU (2), Bocconi University, University of Maryland (2), Boston College 2006: CEU 2005: Princeton University, Duke University, Boston University, University of Rochester, University of Toronto 2004: Northwestern University (2), Stockholm School of Economics (3), Tinbergen Institute, Charles University 2003: CEU, University of British Columbia, University of Washington, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Stockholm School of Economics, Tilburg University 2002: CEU, London School of Economics, Princeton University, Duke University, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Melbourne, University of Maryland, European University Institute (2) 2001: CEU, University of Texas at Austin, Brandeis University, Iowa State University 2000: CEU, Harvard University (2), University of Michigan, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Free University Amsterdam

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The Doctoral Programme in Governance is an international structured doctoral training programme. It is aimed at outstanding master's students from the social sciences and related disciplines. Today, several dozen PhD researchers study the conditions, structures and dynamics of governance in the Hertie School's doctoral programme. Every year, the Hertie School awards eight PhD scholarships to incoming PhD researchers.

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The research training group "The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy" (DYNAMICS) offers doctoral researchers a unique and internationally competitive three-year PhD programme in cutting-edge quantitative methods and advanced theories of demography, democracy and public policy. It is a joint endeavour of the Department of Social Sciences at  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin  and the  Hertie School and is funded by the  German Research Foundation .

The Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS) is the doctoral programme of the cluster of excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” ( SCRIPTS ). PhD researchers study the manifold contestations and transformations in the economy, politics and society of contemporary liberal societies. The programme gives PhD researchers the opportunity to study and conduct research within a network of excellent research institutions in Berlin.

The Berlin School of Economics  unites Berlin's career development programmes for economists at the PhD and Postdoc levels in a single and unique structure. It offers PhD tracks in economics, accounting, finance and management. The doctoral programme provides outstanding doctoral researchers with a vibrant, intensively networked research community and a training structure that will develop their talents in a unique combination of high-level academic and applied research.

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Phd programs in the bse research community.

Both of these PhD programs are organized jointly with the Barcelona School of Economics.

Many students in both PhD programs are alumni of the BSE Master's programs. The BSE PhD Track Master's Program is the first year of the UPF PhD Program.

Job market candidates and placement results

Both the UAB and UPF PhD programs have a well-established track record of placements in Economics departments, central banks, and research institutions around the world.

PhD Job Market Candidates 2023-24

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Examples of placements from recent years include:

• Bologna University
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• Central Reserve Bank of Peru
• European Commission
• Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
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• Morgan Stanley
• Norges Bank
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• Princeton University
• United States Federal Reserve Board
• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
• University College London (UCL)
• Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (China)

Full details of all PhD job market results from all cohorts are available on the websites of both PhD programs:

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The BSE PhD Jamboree is an opportunity for students in both PhD programs in the BSE community to show off their research, exchange ideas, and receive feedback on work in progress. The Jamboree is organized and led by the PhD students themselves.

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