Rules for the preparation of the thesis

The candidate must present the results of the research conducted in a clear and concise manner, in compliance with the length constraints imposed by the faculty, and demonstrate an advanced ability to control and comment on the topic analyzed and the economic issues relating to the cases analyzed.

The thesis must be completed at least twenty days before the official submission. The title must be agreed with the teacher.

Only material that is freely available to the public can be incorporated into the thesis, but it can never be reproduced in the same way, under penalty of plagiarism.

Any bibliographic references must be cited as the source of the work.

In detail:
1. The student must propose to the supervisor a shortlist of up to five scientific papers, selected from those published in the last decade by the following journals:
Journal of Economic Perspectives; Journal of Political Economy; Economic Modeling; Journal of Policy Modeling; Economic Policy Magazine; working papers / publications / notebooks of the Bank of Italy or the ECB; research topics on voxeu.org or lavoce.info.
It is advisable to access the journals through the university network, in order to download the articles subject to subscription.
The “Google scholar” search engine can be used to refine the search.
2. The thesis consists of two chapters. The first constitutes a review of the topic dealt with, the second develops the specific analysis of the chosen article.
3. The articles used as working material must be cited briefly in the body of the text, and also in detail in the footnote. All references must then appear in the Bibliography at the end of the thesis.
4. Layout rules
http://facolta.unica.it/segp/files/2015/07/Regole-per-la-battitura-delle-tesi-di-laurea.pdf
5. Anti-plagiarism regulations
Graduating students must include the declaration of originality in the final version of the thesis delivered to the supervisor:
http://corsi.unica.it/igianatoefinanza/files/2013/10/Dichiarazione-di-autenticit%C3%A0-per-elaborati-predisposti-nel-CdS-in-Economia-e-Finanza1.pdf