Master’s Programme Experimental and Empirical Economics
You want to critically examine individual decision-making processes, corporate strategies and government policies?
In the Master's Degree Programme in Experimental and Empirical Economics students develop academic thinking required for a high-profile career in research, business, finance and the public sector.
The programme is offered by the Faculty of Economics and Statistics, one of the leading European institutions for empirical economics and data science as well as behavioral and experimental economics. Research groups critically examine the decisions of individuals, strategies of firms and the policies of governments to understand and challenge the paradigms in economics and economic policy.
Study Code
UC 066 975
FAQ
Graduates have specialised knowledge in the field of economic analysis. They are able to formulate problems in a professional manner, search for the appropriate data sets and apply the latest methods to these sets. They have the ability to interpret the results obtained and to communicate the conclusions competently to decision-makers who are not experts in the field.
The master’s programme advances and deepens the subject-specific knowledge in the field of economics and lays the foundations for the further development of the subject. The master’s programme qualifies students for independent and managerial work by guiding them to be independent, by sharpening their ability to judge and promoting their ability to make decisions.
The master’s programme is research-based. In addition to expanding the subject-specific knowledge, the master’s programme aims above all at a specialisation in the faculty’s main research areas. In the final Master’s Thesis, the theories and methods learned are applied independently to current subject-related issues.
Graduates of the master’s programme
- have sufficient economic knowledge to familiarise themselves independently and quickly with new tasks.
- can apply their knowledge and skills professionally in order to solve problems in their field.
- are able to successfully apply the acquired methods in research, to critically question them and to develop them further.
- have acquired professional and social competences that prepare them well for leadership tasks.
Examples of occupational opportunities:
- executives in bodies of the EU, OECD, UN and similar organisations;
- officers at the European Central Bank or the Austrian National Bank;
- freelance consultants (e.g. budget policy, environmental policy);
- specialist officers in the state and federal administration (e.g. spatial planning, Ministry for Finance);
- economic researcher at the “Institute for Advanced Studies”, at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research and similar institutions;
- scientific staff at a university or university of applied sciences;
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Curriculum
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