2023 - SEPT skills - Thesis topics FINAL.pdf
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… in terms of research angle, method, and data. Regarding research strategies, focus, and interventions it includes, for example: - textual manipulation of messages - website, visuals, and tool design - communication channel (direct, via employer, …; online, offline, social media, …) and timing (life events) interventions - emotional triggers - design of default options and products - as well as big data approaches (data and text mining). Therefore, contact Dr. Thomas Post well in advance before … W., & Frank, M. Z. (2004). Is all that talk just noise? The information content of internet stock message boards. The Journal of Finance, 59(3), 1259-1294. Barber, B. M., & Odean, T. (2007). All that glitters: The effect of attention and news on the buying behavior of individual and institutional investors. The Review of Financial Studies, 21(2), 785-818. Chen, H., De, P., Hu, Y., & Hwang, B. H. (2014). Wisdom of crowds: The value of stock opinions transmitted through social media. The Review of … Economic Review, 105(5), 187-91. - Borenstein, S., & Davis, L. W. (2016). The distributional effects of US clean energy tax credits. Tax Policy and the Economy, 30(1), 191-234. Requirements: Statistical proficiency, using R or Stata. Title: Benchmark shopping behavior for global pension funds in alternative asset mailto:j.wogh@maastrichtuniversity.nl mailto:l.kattenberg@maastrichtuniversity.nl THESIS TOPICS EBS4012 & EBS4029 VALID FROM SEPT 2023 classes (i.e., private equity, hedge funds, real …