Quantitative Economics master’s theses defence

Quantitative Economics master’s theses defence

Tuesday, June 5 at 10.00-14.40 in room 105

Committee: Jaan Masso, Hakan Eratalay, Amaresh Tiwari, Tõnu Mertsina (Swedbank)

Time

Student

Topic

Supervisor, Co-supervisor

Opponent

1

10.00-10.40

Kateryna

Kolomiiets

Forecasting US Inflation Using Machine Learning Methods

Aleksej Netšunajev, Hakan Eratalay

Luca Alfieri

2

10.40-11.20

Vladyslav

Soloviov

Culture as a Determinant of Entrepreneurial Activity

Anneli Kaasa

Nataliia Ostapenko (skype)

3

11.20-12.00

Elizaveta

Lebedeva

Spillovers Between Cryptocurrencies. Network Map of Cryptocurrencies

Hakan Eratalay

Nataliia Ostapenko (skype)

break 12.00-12.40

4

12.40-13.20

Mykola

Herasymovych

Optimizing Acceptance Threshold in Credit Scoring Using Reinforcement Learning

Oliver Lukason, Karl Märka

Mark Kantshukov

5

13.20-14.00

Kateryna

Volkovska

Modeling the Predictive Performance of Credit Scoring by Credit Scoring by Logistic Regression and Ensemble Learning

Jaan Masso

Oliver Lukason

6

14.00-14.40

Maryna

Pashchynska

The Role of Work Experience in the New Business Success in Estonia: The Skype Effect and Beyond

Jaan Masso, Priit Vahter

Gaygysyz Ashyrov

Quantitative Economics master’s theses defence

Wednesday, June 6 at 10.00-15.00 in room 119

Committee: Lenno Uusküla, Hakan Eratalay, Jaan Masso, Tõnu Mertsina (Swedbank)

Time

Student

Topic

Supervisor, Co-supervisor

Opponent

1

10.00-10.40

Stefan

Kozak

Home Country Labor market Effects of Outward Foreign Direct Investment. Case of Estonia

Jaan Masso

Priit Vahter

2

10.40-11.20

Dagmar

Nurges

The Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes on the Estonian Economy

Lenno Uusküla

Hakan Eratalay

3

11.20-12.00

Tanel

Rebane

Complementarities in Performance Between Product, Marketing Innovation and Co-Operation With Clients in Estonia

Priit Vahter

Jaanika Meriküll (skype)

break 12.00-12.40

4

12.40-13.20

Ismaeel Adedeji

Raji

Innovation in Estonian Public Sector Firms

Kadri Ukrainski

Amaresh Tiwari

5

13.20-14.00

Einars

Locmelis

Tax Burden Shift in European Union: Does Tax Structure Have Impact on Economic Growth?

Viktor Trasberg

Amaresh Tiwari

6

14.15-14.55

Huantian

Yao

The Relationship Between Human Values, Bribe Acceptance, And Contract Price in Business Negotiation: An Experimental Analysis

Mark Kantšukov

Maryna Tverdostup (skype)