Theses/Final Papers guidance of the Department of Economics

Both Final Projects and Theses, for Bachelor of Science and Master of Science programs respectively, represent an important phase in your educational path, a step that will probably lead to the pinnacle of your university experience. It also requires a demonstration of personal and intellectual maturity, independence of judgement, originality, and the ability to apply the knowledge learned during your course of studies at Bocconi to a specific context.
The first important step is to identify a possible topic of research, which should be innovative, of general interest and, most importantly, practicable.
This page aims to be a point of reference for students who would like to choose a topic that is part of the areas of interest for Department of Economics faculty members:
 

• Behavioral Economics
• Development Economics
• Econometrics
• Economic History
• Environmental Economics
• Experimental Economics
• Health Economics
• Industrial Organization
• International Economics
• Labor Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Political Economics
• Public Finance

Below you will find a list of more specific topics that are part of the abovementioned areas; by selecting a topic, you will see the list of faculty members who can be contacted as potential Tutors for a Final Project or Advisors for an MSc Thesis.

In addition to the faculty members included on this page, students may also contact other faculty members who are course directors in the Department, or who are part of Research Centers such as BAFFI CAREFIN and IGIER. Please remember that Final Projects and MSc Theses may be written in Italian or English, according to the indications of the study program. Students should carefully read the general instructions for writing a final Final Paper and Thesis and for administrative compliance that are included in the Guides to the University (Chapter 10 - BSc Programs; Chapter 10 - MSc Programs).

For more information, please contact Professor Marco Maffezzoli.
(ecothesisofficer@unibocconi.it).

You can check the following guides designed by the Library to create your research strategy and find relevant resources and tools: Economics, Bibliographic Research Skills, Writing your dissertation

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