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PhD in Economics University of Leicester, School of Business
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Introduction
Supervision and Research Areas
We offer Ph.D. supervision in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:
- Game Theory
- Mechanism Design
- Behavioral Economics
- Industrial Organisation
- Growth Theory
- Public Economics
- Labour Economics
- Political Economy
- Economics of Migration
- Health Economics
- Organisation Theory
- Business Ethics
- Marketing and Consumption
- Accounting and Finance
- Political Economy
- Human Resource Management
Ph.D. Description
Ph.D. students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The research is normally completed over a maximum period of 3 to 3.5 years (full-time).
A fourth year (full-time) or the remaining part of this can be used to prepare the thesis for examination. The thesis should not normally exceed 80,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.