Empirical analysis of political and legal institutions 2400-PL3SL300A
In the first part of the semester the rules of preparing bachelor theses are discussed together with discussion of methodology of conducting academic research. Basic economic theorems related to institutional analysis are discussed as well. Furthermore, a review of a sample of most interesting empirical studies on institutions is presented.
Later during the course students receive guidance in selecting a topic for the thesis and in choosing the structure of empirical research. In the remaining part of the semester students work on the outline of bachelor thesis and the final text of the thesis. Research ideas, work progress and possible difficulties encountered are the subject of a joint discussion of the seminar participants.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
- actual knowledge within current research in political economy
- knowledge on how to choose appropriate empirical tools to analyse political and legal institutions
- knowledge on how to interpret (using economic tools) political and legal problems
Skills:
- application of empirical methods to analyse political and legal institutions
- preparation of literature review
- data gathering, transformation and analyzes
- preparation of economic dissertation
Social skills:
- working individually; working in groups
- cooperation with supervisor in preparing the thesis
- participating in discussion by expressing one's view
KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KW03, KK01, KK02, KK03
Assessment criteria
Conditions for receiving credit:
1st semester - preparing and presenting the preliminary outline of the bachelor thesis
2nd semester - assessment of progress in preparing the bachelor thesis and its content, presentation of the thesis
Bibliography
To be agreed upon depending on students’ interests.
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