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Master thesis

The Chair of the Economics of the Public Sector regularly supervises Master's theses in economics. There is no fixed registration deadline for the Master's thesis. If you would like to write your bachelor's thesis with us, please make an appointment directly with Prof Kindermann. It is assumed that you have already looked at the list of topics below before the consultation appointment and have thought about which topics would interest you. Do you have your own topic suggestion? Then please find a first scientific article on your topic so that we have a basis for discussion at the first consultation appointment.

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Prof. Dr. Fabian Kindermann

Chairholder, Dean of Research

Further info of Prof. Dr. Fabian Kindermann (external link, opens in a new window)
Elena Schwarz-Conzelmann

List of topics

Female Labour Supply and the Business Cycle

  • Fukui, M., E. Nakamura and J. Steinsson (2018). "Women, Wealth Effects, and Slow Recoveries." NBER Working Paper 25311.
  • Albanesi, S. (2019). "Changing Business Cycles: The Role of Women's Employment." CEPR Discussion Paper DP13578.

Decision-Making within the Household

  • Chiappori, P.-A. and Mazzocco, M. (2017). "Static and Intertemporal Household Decisions." Journal of Economic Perspectives 55(3): 985-1045.

Sorting in the Marriage Market

  • Pollak, R. (2018). "How Bargaining in Marriage Drives Marriage Market Equilibrium." NBER Working Paper No. 24000.
  • Fernandez, R., Guner, N. and Knowles, J. (2005). "Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality," Quarterly Journal of Economics 120 (1): 273-344.

Expectations and their Role in Economics

  • D'Acunto, F. and W. Weber (2024). "Why Survey-Based Subjective Expectations Are Meaningful and Important." Annual Review of Economics 16, 329-357.

Housing Market Expectations

  • Kuchler, T., M. Piazzesi and J. Stroebel (2023). "Housing Market Expectations". In: R. Bachmann, G. Topa and W. van der Klaauw, Handbook of Economics Expectations, 163-191.

The Optimal Taxation of Couples

  • Cremer, H., Lozachmeur, J.-M., Maldonado, D. and Roeder, K. (2016). "Household bargaining and the design of couples' income taxation." European Economic Review 89: 454-470.
  • Apps, P. and Rees, R. (2011). "Optimal Taxation and Tax Reform for Two-Earner Households." CESifo Economic Studies 57(2): 283-304.

Taxation over the Life Cycle

  • Heathcote, J., K. Storesletten and G. Violante (2017). "Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Anlytical Framework." Quarterly Journal of Economics 132(4): 1693-1754.
  • Heathcote, J., K. Storesletten and G. Violante (2019). "Optimal Tax Progressivity with Age-Dependent Taxation."CEPR Discussion Paper DP 13550.

Optimal Dynamic Taxation

  • Stantcheva, S. (2020). "Dynamic Taxation." NBER Working Paper 26704.

Optimal Taxation with Behavioural Agents

  • Fahri, E. and Gabaix, X. (2020). "Optimal Taxation with Behavioural Agents." American Economic Review 110(1): 298-336.

Savings Motives of the Elderly

  • Lockwood, L. (2018). "Incidental Bequests and the Choice to Self-Insure Late-Life Risks." American Economic Review 108(9): 2513-2550.
  • De Nardi, M., French, E. and Jones, J. (2016). "Savings After Retirement: A Survey." Annual Review of Economics 8: 177-204.

The Political Economy of Social Security

  • Lancia, F. and Russo, A. (2016). "Public Education and Pensions in Democracy: A Political Economy Theory." Journal of the European Economic Association 14(5): 1038-1073.

Long-Term Care under the Presence of Altruism

  • Barczyk, D. and Kredler, M. (2018). "Evaluating Long-Term-Care Policy Options, Taking the Family Seriously." Review of Economic Studies 85(2): 766-809.
  • Cremer, H., Pestieau, P. and Roeder, K. (2016). "Social long-term care insurance with two-sided altruism." Research in Economics 70: 101-109.
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