Themes for doctoral thesis of Department of Finance and Economics
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Topic
Institutional drivers of the transmission of
knowledge
from
the
micro
level
(individuals, knowledge centres etc) into
added economic value
Economic effects of regulations and social
norms impacting private individuals’
work/leisure decisions and choices regarding
obtaining of knowledge
Efficiency of regulations aimed at
supporting companies’ knowledge intensive
investments (in country/industry/company
type comparative perspective)
Banks’ Corporate Social Responsibility in
Central and Eastern European Countries –
Disclosure versus Reality
Changes in Banks’ Corporate Social
Responsibility Disclosures before and after
the 2008 Financial Crisis
Banks’ Risk Management Disclosure
Quality before and after the 2008 Financial
Crisis.
Associations between Bank Ownership and
Efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe
The structure of financial sector, functional
competition
and
cyclical
economic
development.
Baltic-Nordic
economic
space:
interdependence in financial and real sectors
of economies
Measures for the development of
competitiveness: the influence of the state
and level of economic development on the
protfolio of measures
Strategic management in higher education:
planning, competition and environment
Pricing of services in banking: location,
service
peculiarities,
and
economic
environment as pricing factors
Impact of Socio-Economic factors (incl.
Education, Research and Development,
Demographics, Social Attitudes and Values)
on Economy’s Sustained Growth and
Competitiveness
Productivity Enhancing Investments (R&D,
Juhendaja
Professor
Aaro Hazak
Kontakt
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Professor
Aaro Hazak
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Professor
Aaro Hazak
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Vanemteadur
Laivi Laidroo
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Vanemteadur
Laivi Laidroo
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Vanemteadur
Laivi Laidroo
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Vanemteadur
Laivi Laidroo
Professor
Enn Listra
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Professor
Enn Listra
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Professor
Enn Listra
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Professor
Enn Listra
Professor
Enn Listra
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Professor Kadri kadri.mannasoo@ttu.ee
Männasoo
Professor
Kadri kadri.mannasoo@ttu.ee
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Innovation and Technology): Drivers,
Incentives and Obstacles: Cross-Country
Comparative Approach
Knowledge-based Economy: Preconditions,
Incentives and Obstacles: Impact on
Country’s Competitiveness and Sustained
Economic Growth
Explicit and Implicit Risks in Banking and
Corporate Sector: Implications in Boom and
Bust Cycle
Comparative Analysis of Cultural Influences
on Economic Growth
State
Regulation
of
the
Market:
Comparative Analysis of Different Aspects
in Different Countries näitel
Comparative Analysis of Different Aspects
of Market Attractiveness: Examples of
Different Countries
Socio-economic Relations between East and
West in the Baltic Sea Region
Demographic Aspects of Responsible
Consumption: Comparative Analysis
Institutional path-dependency and economic
development:
Comparative
political
economy (based on Acemoglu and Robinson
2012 and 2005 writings)
Institutions and social costs: System level
analyses (of political, educational, health
etc. institutions). Recommended to use
micro-data (ESS, EVS, PISA, PIAAC) for
the analyses of macro level institutions,
addressing issues of equity and efficiency.
Mechanism design: Applied research based
on the analysis of either matching markets,
auctions or public good provision.
(Game theoretic approach, applied research
based on implementation of some sort of
mechanisms, i.e. matching mechanism is the
case of school choice)
Factors affecting volatility asymmetry
during different phases of the economic
cycle
Impact of socio-economic factors (incl.
demographic and educational factors) on
behavioural biases in investment decisions
(detailed Estonian stock exchange data can
be used)
The impact and consequences of socioeconomic factors (incl. demographic and
educational factors) on private investor real
Männasoo
Professor Kadri kadri.mannasoo@ttu.ee
Männasoo
Professor Kadri kadri.mannasoo@ttu.ee
Männasoo
Dotsent Tatjana
Põlajeva
Dotsent Tatjana
Põlajeva
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Põlajeva
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Dotsent Tatjana
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Põlajeva
Dotsent Tatjana
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Põlajeva
Vanemtead. Kaire kaire.poder@ttu.ee
Põder
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Põder
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Põder
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Talpsepp
Vanemtead. Tõnn tonn.talpsepp@ttu.ee
Talpsepp
Vanemtead. Tõnn tonn.talpsepp@ttu.ee
Talpsepp
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estate investments during different phases of
the economic cycle
News analytics: interpretation and reactions
to stock market news during different phases
of the economic cycle (detailed Estonian
stock exchange data can be used)
Herding in corporate real estate investments
during the boom and the effects of such
investments on corporate financial distress
during the crisis
International finance: financial integration,
financial crises, contagion, purchasing
power parity, interest parities, portfolio
models, hedging
Monetary economics: inflation, empirical
inflation models, Penn effects, monetary
transmission, monetary policy
Public finance: fiscal policy, fiscal policy
reactions, effects of fiscal policy, VAR
modeling of fiscal policy
Economic policy: political economy,
transition economics, economic performance
Vanemtead. Tõnn tonn.talpsepp@ttu.ee
Talpsepp
Vanemtead. Tõnn tonn.talpsepp@ttu.ee
Talpsepp
Prof.
Staehr
Karsten karsten.staehr@ttu.ee
Prof.
Staehr
Karsten karsten.staehr@ttu.ee
Prof.
Staehr
Karsten karsten.staehr@ttu.ee
Prof.
Staehr
Karsten karsten.staehr@ttu.ee