Chair for Energy Trading and Finance

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel

Offered Subjects

Impact of policy announcements on the EU ETSAbstractDetails
Policy announcements or decisions occur annually (predicted and realized emissions, cap, ...) and irregularly (news about future or actual market structure revision, ...).
They can be clustered in different ways (EU Parliament, Commission, media, ...).
They could destabilize the EU ETS and encourage speculation.
Politics matters: Regulatory events as catalysts for price formation under cap-and-trades
Influences from the European Parliament on EU emissions prices
Emission permits and the announcement of realized emissions: Price impact, trading volume, and volatilities

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Yassin El Hatri, M.Sc.
Systemic Risks of Energy DerivativesAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/financial-stability/fsr/special/html/ecb.fsrart202211_01~173476301a.en.html

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel
NLP and Climate RiskAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/working-paper/2023/understanding-climate-related-disclosures-of-uk-financial-institutions
https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05071

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Kateryna Chekriy, M.Sc.
Macroprudential RegulationAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/prudential-regulation/publication/2023/report-on-climate-related-risks-and-the-regulatory-capital-frameworks
https://www.bis.org/fsi/fsibriefs18.pdf
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/ifdp/what-are-large-global-banks-doing-about-climate-change.htm

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel
Carbon MetricsAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/ecb.climate_change_indicators202301~47c4bbbc92.en.pdf

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Yassin El Hatri, M.Sc.
Carbon AccountingAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3979608

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel
Banks Financed LendingAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.bis.org/publ/work898.pdf
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/723768

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel
SVB CrisisAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.ft.com/content/b556badb-8e98-42fa-b88e-6e7e0ca758b8
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economist-won-nobel-bank-runs-160025143.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMGC2RYFa1irLXNkdA07WiyxDRu-SOcxJHk6EUGeDyl1oEJts3Hi_MU0nawjqMeaXemMrkvcQzd_pEbgzLcnLakq8r2mwYQqOOiVbfUntPBY8DHICTdWQEJWGWYl3_z3Ku_UEEQAupLy93VjQO_-42WUVzC_8D6aYbMi3cFL7h4F
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/timeline-shocking-collapse-of-silicon-valley-bank/

Bachelor Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel
Fossil Fuel SubsidiesAbstractDetails
Literature:
https://www.ft.com/content/16f8800b-7300-42e0-a3c7-3400ed6c4fa5
https://www.ft.com/content/5a723f25-0dd3-4cff-b511-b01d7467a4ba
https://www.ft.com/content/b5b21c66-92de-45c0-9621-152aa335d48c
https://www.ft.com/content/ac419492-f512-4660-b088-76b6c537728e
https://www.ft.com/content/0444b0b4-4648-4b88-bcbc-f02820f89f8f
https://www.ft.com/content/96b814e6-16a6-4865-8758-d2528ce515b9

Bachelor Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Yassin El Hatri, M.Sc.
Net-Zero InvestingAbstractDetails
Analysis and implementation of net-zero metrics in net-zero investing.
Literature: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4283998

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Kateryna Chekriy, M.Sc.
DivestmentAbstractDetails
Literature: MSCI, Beyond Divestment: Using low carbon indexes.
www.msci.com/www/research-paper/beyond-divestment-using-low/0150895153

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel
Green BondsAbstractDetails
Development and valuation of the green bond market.
Literature: OECD, Green Finance and Investment: Mobilising Bond Markets for a Low-Carbon Transistion

Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Business Administration, Tutor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kiesel