Doctoral Program

rting with the theory of consumer choice, the course will discuss different types of choice data available. The main part of the course will focus on choice experiments. It discusses the specifics of choice experiments, possible experimental designs and data collection procedures. Participants will be familiarized with data handling and analysis considering conditional logit, random parameters logit and latent class analysis. To obtain an overview of the literature, participants will present papers from their respective field.

Syllabus: Applied Choice Analysis

Registration: https://www.agraroekonomik.de/Doctoral_program/index.html

hods. We will not focus on the econometrics, but aim at developing the students’ understanding of what the methods are all about and how they work in practice. The course is taught over 5 days. We expect all students to read all the required readings and be prepared to discuss as the class will be interactive. Attendance is mandatory! We have combined lectures that provide an overview of the different concepts as well as more applied exercises that employ the techniques we will discuss. All examples will be illustrated using STATA. Please bring your own laptops – if you do not have STATA, please apply for a 30-day test version by the end of September here: http://www.dpc-software.de/index.php?id=488.

Syllabus:  Applied Econ SS 18

Registration: hanna.hottenrott@tum.de (no later than September 15, 2019)

phic change. A special focus will be given to the analysis of: 1) the consequences of aging for the sustainability of the social security systems; 2) the interactions between economic decisions and health outcomes and 3) the consequences of aging on labor, capital and goods markets.

Basic knowledge of the empirical research methods is essential. The successful completion of courses like “empirical research methods”, “angewandte Statistik”, “empirische Wirtschaftsforschung”, “consumer behavior research methods” is highly recommended.

Syllabus: Economics of Aging

Registration by e-mail to kneip@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de until April 15, 2019

issues central to entrepreneurship research. The course is interactive in nature and demands students’ preparation and active engagement during and between class sessions.

Syllabus: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Research

Registration: All eligible and interested students should send a one-page motivation letter (be sure to state your current stage and planned progress in your PhD) and current CV to Holger Patzelt, before March 1, 2019 (patzelt@tum.de).

a focus on stochastic optimization and robust optimization. The theory will be complemented by numerous illustrative classical examples such as the newsvendor problem and examples from the field of energy markets. The course consists of a lecture part, where the basic principles from stochastic optimization and robust optimization are presented as well as student presentations. Students either present an academic paper that uses the methods covered in the course or methods that build on the presented material.

Syllabus:
a. Two stage stochastic optimization: concepts and tools
b. Multi-stage stochastic optimization: scenario trees and decomposition
c. Introduction to robust optimization: concepts and standard uncertainty sets
d. Robust counterparts and tractable reformulations.
e. Distributionally Robust Optimization

Tools & Requirements:
– The course is aimed at students with a clearly quantitative focus
– Knowledge about basic linear algebra, probability, and optimization is a plus
– Proficiency in MATLAB or a similar high level programming language is an advantage

al? For this course, it will be the “Top 6” (AMJ, AMR, ASQ, ManSci, OrgSci, SMJ) and leading journals in other disciplines (e.g., AJS, ASR, MISQ, Nature, Science…). In turn, we will focus on what the requirements for publications in these journal are. Usually, this boils down primarily to one thing: how can I make a “theoretical contribution?”

Syllabus: Paper Development Workshop

Registration: o.alexy@tum.de (by March 24, 2019)

and technical aspects of this research program.

Syllabus: Readings In Empirical Accounting Research

Registration: benedikt.downar@tum.de (by April 12, 2019)

and experimental economics. What are the main historical milestones? What have been the hot topics of recent years? In which direction is the literature currently moving? (B) You will learn to recognize some essential features of good (and not so good) behavioral/experimental papers and be able to apply that knowledge to your own work. (C) We will practice the essential skill of pitching one’s own experimental/behavioral research effectively to others, be it at a conference, over lunch/dinner/coffee, in an interview slot with an invited seminar speaker, in a taxi, etc.

Syllabus: Topics In Behavioral And Experimental Economics

Registration: m.kurschilgen@tum.de (until June 1). Please write Topics ExpEcon as email subject.

s meaningfully in management & organisational research, and economics. We will extend the knowledge students acquired in the first module of this course and focus on inventing and writing concrete research proposals applying neuroscientific methodology to our respective fields of research. Graduate students will be enabled to understand neuroscientific methods in depth, to widen their horizon regarding neuroscientific applications in organisational research, and to transfer their knowledge to their own research.

Syllabus: Basic Neuroscience for Organisational Research and Economics – Module II

Registration: By email to kerstin.loewe@tum.de until November 5, 2018. Participants will be admitted on a first come, first served basis

phic change. A special focus will be given to the analysis of: 1) the consequences of aging for the sustainability of the social security systems; 2) the interactions between economic decisions and health outcomes and 3) the consequences of aging on labor, capital and goods markets.
Basic knowledge of the empirical research methods is essential. The successful completion of courses like “empirical research methods”, “angewandte Statistik”, “empirische Wirtschaftsforschung”, “consumer behavior research methods” is highly recommended.

Syllabus: Economics of Aging (Methods/Theory)

Registration: By e-mail to: kneip@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de until October 1, 2018

for planning, designing, and evaluating a research project and writing a paper.

At the end of this course, students will:

• Understand what theory is and what theory is not
• Be aware of the central decisions in the research process
• Be able to design a research project
• Be able to communicate their research

Syllabus: Introduction to Management Research

Registration: To apply, please send a short note to michael.zaggl@tum.de stating your name, PhD topic, and supervisor. We assign places on a first come first served basis.

ding management and related fields. Qualitative papers are published in leading management journals (e.g. Academy of Management Journal). In this seminar you will learn about the nature, design, and methods of qualitative data collection and analysis. The seminar is targeted at postgraduate students (PhD and post doc researchers), who intend to employ qualitative research designs and methods.

Syllabus: Qualitative Research.

Registration: If you want to attend and participate in the postgraduate seminar, write an email to: Frank.Belz@tum.de. The registration deadline for the seminar is the 17th of December 2018. Prof. Dr. Frank-Martin Belz will confirm your registration and grant access to the required readings.

and technical aspects of this research program.

Syllabus: Readings In Empirical Accounting Research

Registration: benedikt.downar@tum.de (by 15 October 2018)

allenges will be presented and discussed and venues for innovative research followed. Therefore, knowledge of the Master-level course is a pre-requisite for this advanced research seminar.

More information can be found here.
More information for Stochastic Modeling and Optimization.

Syllabus: Research on Stochastic Modeling and Optimization (Methods/Theory)

Registration: christian.mandl@tum.de until October 26, 2018

ted to:
(1) Pricing and hedging for structured contracts and physical resources on energy markets
(2) Modelling of energy prices
(3) Modeling and managing risk in energy markets
(4) Efficiency and market power in power markets
(5) Renewables: Cost efficiency, subsidies, and market integration
(6) Fundamental models for power markets.

Syllabus: The seminar will cover topical research questions in the field of energy markets. Participants are expected to prepare presentations on selected topics related to their thesis projects and take an active role in discussions during the class. The range of possible topics spans applications of Operations Research, Finance, Risk Management, and Energy Economics.

Registration: Prof. Dr. David Wozabal: David.Wozabal@tum.de

tal impacts as well as considering them in management decisions requires advanced multi-method approaches. Participants will therefore be qualified to combine methodologies from different domains to create effective decision support. Such multi-method based approaches are at the core of modern operations research reaching out to neighboring disciplines.

We investigate how sustainability assessments can be obtained and integrated in modelling approaches for operations and supply chain management. The course includes an introduction to sustainability and to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is one of the most commonly used quantitative tools for the systematic evaluation of environmental aspects. We will also introduce multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approaches such as multi-objective optimization (MOO) and show how both LCA and MCDM can be combined in a multi-method approach to provide insights and sustainable solutions.

The state-of-the-art will be summarized drawing on recent textbooks on sustainable operations and MCDM, review papers, and research papers. However, a large part of the class will be devoted to the solution of a new case recently developed by the lecturers. The case provides first-hand experience of the development of multi-method approaches for sustainable operations.

Syllabus: Sustainable Operations Management 

Registration: Please register by sending an email to Martin Grunow (martin.grunow@tum.de) by January 8^th, 2019 (with submission of CV to assess suitability of background).

European universities will present their latest research in the fields of asset pricing, corporate finance, and financial intermediation. Extensive discussion in class is encouraged. Thereby, students will learn to know and discuss critically current topics in finance. They will also learn more about state-of-the-art research methodologies. A requisite for participation is a specialization in finance and/or accounting. More information can be found here.

Syllabus: Topics In Finance

Registration: matthias.hanauer[at]tum.de by October 10, 2018

ul and robust results, one has to know these methods and understand them well. This course shall convey advanced econometric methods, with a focus on approaches to identification such as instrumental variables and propensity score matching. Depending on the participants’ needs, the emphasis can be shifted to some extent; we will discuss the selection of topics at the kick-off session. The focus will be on applicable knowledge, not so much on details of the theory. Having participated in an introductory Ph.D. level course in econometrics is required, such as “Applied Econometrics: An Introduction” by Professor Hottenrott.

Syllabus:Advanced Econometrics

Registration: at kick-off session

The course will introduce choice modelling techniques for consumer and marketing analysis. After
starting with the theory of consumer choice, the course will discuss different types of choice data
available. The main part of the course will focus on choice experiments. It discusses the specifics
of choice experiments, possible experimental designs and data collection procedures.
Participants will be familiarized with data handling and analysis considering conditional logit,
random parameters logit and latent class analysis. To obtain an overview of the literature,
participants will present papers from their respective field.

Syllabus: Applied Choice Analysis

Registration: https://www.agraroekonomik.de/Doctoral_program/index.html

hods. We will not focus on the econometrics, but aim at developing the students’ understanding of what the methods are all about and how they work in practice. The course is taught over 5 days. We expect all students to read all the required readings and be prepared to discuss as the class will be interactive. Attendance is mandatory! We have combined lectures that provide an overview of the different concepts as well as more applied exercises that employ the techniques we will discuss. All examples will be illustrated using STATA. Please bring your own laptops – if you do not have STATA, please apply for a 30-day test version by the end of September here: http://www.dpc-software.de/index.php?id=488.

Syllabus:  Applied Econ SS 18

Registration: hanna.hottenrott@tum.de (no later than June 15, 2018)

s meaningfully in management and organisational research. We will specifically focus on non-invasive brain stimulation, electroencephalogram, and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Graduate students will be enabled to understand these methods, successfully read respective papers and their method section, and to assess the potential as well as the pitfalls of neuroscientific methods in their fields of research.

Syllabus: Basic Neuroscience For Organisational Research And Economics

Registration: kerstin.loewe@tum.de (by 20 April 2018)

ate governance and allows participants to obtain feedback on their research. The course will be devoted to lectures discussing different topics and empirical strategies in corporate finance and corporate governance. Potential topics include CEOs, shareholder activism / corporate governance, labor and finance, entrepreneurship, as well as CSR, and key insights of different papers, their data, empirical strategy, and main limitations. This will provide participants with exposure to various research topics within corporate finance and corporate governance and to different state-of-the-art empirical methodologies. Parts of the course will be built around (i) presentations of PhD research papers written by the participants; and (ii) discussions of (others) recent (working) papers by participants. All presentations should be performed in a way that all of us learn something about these papers. For papers written by participants: It is fine to present papers that are preliminary and early work. The course will also be used to discuss interesting institutional features of academia, including how to write and structure papers and the role of conferences and finance journals.

Registration: daniel.urban@tum.de (by 26 April, 2018)

phic change. A special focus will be given to the analysis of: 1) the consequences of aging for the sustainability of the social security systems; 2) the interactions between economic decisions and health outcomes and 3) the consequences of aging on labor, capital and goods markets.

Basic knowledge of the empirical research methods is essential. The successful completion of courses like “empirical research methods”, “angewandte Statistik”, “empirische Wirtschaftsforschung”, “consumer behavior research methods” is highly recommended.

Time & Location: Wednesdays, 10.30 to 12.00 a.m., Munich Center for Economics of Aging, Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik, Room 313, Amalienstraße 33, 80799 München

Registration: kneip@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de (by 9 April 2018)

laboratory experiments. It will enable you to
– decide whether a laboratory experiment is appropriate to address some research question;
– find research questions in your area of interest that a laboratory experiment can address;
– develop an experimental design to address such a research question.
In addition, the course will offer you hands-on training on how to bring experiments to the laboratory. It will cover common practical issues, such as which software to use, how to recruit participants, or how to conduct an experiment.
The course will be most beneficial for you if you plan to run your own experiment soon. If you consider using experimenTUM, TUM’s laboratory for experimental research in economics, you are strongly encouraged to take it.

Syllabus: Exp Econ Syllabus

Registration: To apply, please write to Andreas Ostermaier until July 26, 2018 (ostermaier@sam.sdu.dk).

This course aims to endow first year PhD candidates with the fundamental knowledge and
understanding for planning, designing, and evaluating a research project and writing a paper.

Syllabus: Introduction To Management Research

Registration: michael.zaggl@tum.de

in largescale logistics networks. We will examine recent use cases in transportation and production and discuss which models and techniques are appropriate for certain applications. Topics that are covered range from classic network flow models via decomposition approaches for multi-commodity problems to advanced topics such as time-expanded networks or traffic equilibrium models.
Where possible, we will identify research papers and cases that are close to the PhD projects of the participants.

Registration: jannik.matuschke@tum.de (by 10 April 2018)

Syllabus: https://www.or.tum.de/en/teaching/summer2018/optimizationlargescale/

al? For this course, it will be the “Top 6” (AMJ, AMR, ASQ, ManSci, OrgSci, SMJ) and leading journals in other disciplines (e.g., AJS, ASR, MISQ, Nature, Science…). In turn, we will focus on what the requirements for publications in these journal are. Usually, this boils down primarily to one thing: how can I make a “theoretical contribution?”

Syllabus: Paper Development Workshop

Registration: o.alexy@tum.de (by 31 March 2018)

cro issues (finding your story, developing claims, elements going into the sections of a paper, etc.) and then move on to increasingly more micro issues such as good paragraphing, building strong sentences, choosing the right words, and avoiding German English. Importantly, we also consider ethical issues related to academic writing and publishing. Finally, participants will learn more about the publication process and submit their own writing to peer review by a group of 3-4 other participants. Thus, at the end of the course, everyone will be equipped with a writing toolbox as well as feedback on their own written work.

Prequisit for participation: Participants should have written at least one working paper

Registration: phd-program@wi.tum.de, please include information on your current research papers

This course focuses on empirical archival accounting research, covering theoretical,
methodological and technical aspects of this research program.

Syllabus: Readings In Empirical Accounting Research

Registration: benedikt.downar@tum.de (by 3 April 2018)

The course pursues three main goals: (A) I will introduce you to the research frontier in
behavioral and experimental economics. What are the main historical milestones? What have been the
hot topics of recent years? In which direction is the literature currently moving? (B) You will learn to
recognize some essential features of good (and not so good) behavioral/experimental papers and be
able to apply that knowledge to your own work. (C) We will practice the essential skill of pitching
one’s own experimental/behavioral research effectively to others, be it at a conference, over
lunch/dinner/coffee, in an interview slot with an invited seminar speaker, in a taxi, etc.

Syllabus: Topics In Behavioral And Experimental Economics

Registration: m.kurschilgen@tum.de (until April 1)

hastic optimization and much more (please see syllabus).

Syllabus: AdONE Seminar Outline

Registration: yoshimi.v.felbert@tum.de