Bachelor Project – The Economics of Start-up Relocation

Advisor: Stefan Weik (please contact stefan.weik[at]tum.de)

Start: April 2024

Topic

• Common media reporting suggests that relocation (in particular to the US) has become a commonplace phenomenon among European start-ups. Yet, there is little large-scale evidence on the phenomenon so far.
• In the bachelor project, students will elaborate on an existing database and analyze what drives European Start-ups to relocate their offices.
• This topic is mainly empirical, so that you will collect data and conduct statistical analyses.

Requirements

• No experience with statistical software is required, but interest in learning about it is.

Bachelor Project Set-up & supervision

• The project is designed as a group project for several students, where supervision is done in group meetings.
• However, every student writes an own thesis.
• In (bi-)weekly meetings with supervisors, students will gain deep insights in the venture capital industry, research skills, and statistical analysis.

Literature

• Conti, Guzman; What Is the US Comparative Advantage in Entrepreneurship? Evidence from Israeli Migration to the United States. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2023; 105 (3): 528–544. doi: doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01068.