Finance Dissertation Topics

Research Aim: The aim of the study is to assess if financial depth, inclusion, and stability decreases or increases income inequality. The study examines if the expansion of provision of financial services to low-income households and small businesses can reduce income inequality. The study will examine empirical relationships between income inequality and these financial dimensions. The data will be analysed using inferential statistics.

Research Aim: The study explores the main factors of the theory of rational finance and its impact in order to make it valid for behavioural finance principles. The study assess the factors of asset returns, equity premium, and the volatility puzzle by providing resolutions using rational finance theory. The study will also present statistical models using rational theory of finance that can be used to convey behavioural finance assumptions. 

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to assess the impact that lockdown impositions have had on the UK’s banks and finance companies. The study will examine the impact of the pandemic using performance factors of banks and financial institutions in the UK. The study will be conducted using empirical research techniques. The study will assess the impact of the pandemic using financial indicators to assess the performance of banks through inferential statistics.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to examine the influence of behavioural finances on investment decisions in cryptocurrency. They study will focus on UK investors that invest in cryptocurrency and the factors that influence their investment decisions. The study will be conducted using quantitative research techniques. The data will be collected through snowball sampling of UK cryptocurrency investors and questionnaire tool. The data will be analysed using structured equation modelling.

Research Aim: The study aims to assess the relevance of semi-endogenous models in economic growth transformations in countries with predominately Islamic finance. The study examines the growth model with respect to Islamic financial markets in comparison to conventional financial systems. The data will be collected using time series data in Islamic developing countries from the 1960s to 2018. The data will be analysed using linear and non-linear modelling.

Research Aim: The aim of the research is to investigate the impact of different measures of firm size on practices of corporate finance. The study will use the variables of total assets, market capitalisation, number of employees, and total sales on financial policy, investment policy, diversification, firm performance, and dividend policies. The study will use quantitative research techniques, with data being collected from corporate finances of BRICS countries. The data will be analysed using structured equation modelling and partial least squares effects.

Research Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global financial markets specifically emerging markets and developing countries. The study assesses the policies of multilateral financial institutions in meeting the $2.5 trillion financing gap of emerging economies and developing nations. The study will analyse if multilateral financial institutions are meeting the required goal. The study will use recent time series data and policy measures taken by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to track the achievement of the goal or lack thereof. The data will be analysed using inferential statistics.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on economic factors from government emergency interventions. The assess how the measures of testing, quarantining policies, emergency lockdowns, and income support packages have had on financial markets. The study will use time series data from January 2020 to September 2020 of the UK’s stock market to determine the pandemic’s effect on economic activity.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the current study is to assess the influence of bias such as overconfidence, experience effects, and sunk cost fallacy on chief executive officers (CEO) career. The study will examine the stages of a CEO’s career lifecycle which includes the appointment stage, execution, and dismissal stage. The research will document bias that effect CEO’s with regards to educated decision making. The study will be conducted using quantitative research techniques through data collection using questionnaire survey. The data will be analysed using partial least squares analysis.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the proposed study is to assess the impact that variables such as state pricing, complete markets, and option pricing having on corporate events using corporate finance. The study will use the model-free approach to generate information from higher moments of corporate events that are not visible in stock prices events. The data will be conducted from corporate events and option pricing approach to anticipate issues. The data will be analysed using panel regressions and difference in difference techniques.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to assess the impact of overconfidence bias and initial public offering decisions have on UK managers like CEOs and CFOs. The study will assess companies on the London Stock Exchange to understand if managers are susceptible to bias. The study will be conducted using quantitative research techniques, using survey methodology for data collection. The questionnaire will investigate IPO managerial practices. Data will be analysed using structured equational modelling, PLS-SEM.  

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to assess the costs, benefits, risks, and opportunities in the application of blockchain technology for banking and finance. The study will outline the benefits of applying blockchain technology for improving banking and finance services. The study will be conducted using systematic literature review, a qualitative method. The data will be collected from academic based research databases to include peer-reviewed journals and academic reports. The data will be analysed for the systematic literature review using thematic analysis and also a meta-analysis.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to assess the impact of instrumental and structural power of finance on European repo and securitisation of markets based on political victories. The study will assess how finance has a way to influence lobbying capacity and central position in the European economy. The study will assess the time-series data of the European Central Back and its various policy making incentives throughout the European Union. The data will be analysed using inferential statistics of the time-series data and thematic analysis of policy papers.

Research Aim: The primary aim of the study is to assess the private finance led development model to better understand how it impacts the rise of shadow banking in developing countries. The paper will argue that shadow baking facilitates high risk adjusted returns for institutional investors. The study will focus on high-yielding financial asserts through local currency denominated sovereign bonds. The study will also focus on liquidity and insurance of central banks by drawing expensive foreign exchange reserves. The data will be collected using peer-reviewed literature from academic journals and papers. The data will analysed using meta-analysis.