17 Master theses

• 55 - Specializing Large Language Models in Finance

  Author: Julius de Clercq

  Defense date: November 01, 2025

• 54 - Does News Sentiment Walk the Talk? A Network Analysis of Volatility Spillover Dynamics around News Events

  Author: Lars de Graaff

  Supervisor: Simon Trimborn

  Defense date: September 30, 2025

• 53 - Does DEI Affect Film Profits and Reception? A Data-Driven Inquiry Into the Impact of Diversity in Films

  Author: Aleksandr Zhuravlev

  Supervisors: Bas Donkers, Meike Morren

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 52 - Clustering-Based Estimation of Score-Driven Models for Extremes

  Author: Luuk de Wit

  Supervisor: Onno Kleen

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 51 - Capacity Allocation to Optimize Healthcare Accessibility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Author: Thu Trang Luu

  Supervisors: Michiel Mandjes, {Accounts.FirstName} den Hertog

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 50 - Robust Location Filters Using a Continuum of Characteristic Function Based Moment Conditions

  Author: Mingxuan Song

  Supervisors: Andre Lucas, Yicong Lin

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 49 - Cost-Aware Multimodal Prediction of Antidepressant Response in Major Depressive Disorder Incorporating Comorbid Anxiety into Active, Patient-Specific Modality Selection

  Author: Merle Praum

  Supervisors: {Accounts.FirstName} Rudinac, Kelly Spaans, Matthan Caan

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 48 - Admissible Discrimination: A Framework for Fair Machine Learning

  Author: Ranjan Mishra

  Supervisor: Bas Donkers

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 47 - The Impact of the Accountant Shortage on GenAI Adoption in MD&A Disclosures

  Author: Kevin van Marwijk

  Supervisor: Jochen Pierk

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 46 - Let’s Agree to Disagree: Mutual Fund Holdings–Based Disagreement and the Time Series of Stock Returns

  Author: Márton Ligeti

  Supervisors: Amar Soebhag, Patrick Verwijmeren

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 45 - When Warnings Meet Promotions: Evidence from Retail Media Effectiveness Under Colombia’s Comprehensive Food Tax

  Author: Yixiao Li

  Supervisor: Jonne Guyt

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 44 - A Comparison of Contextual Optimization and Reinforcement Learning on Battery Arbitrage in Electricity Markets

  Author: Özgün Kır

  Supervisor: Ruben van Beesten

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 43 - On Neural Optimization: Uncertainty, Scarcity and Geometry

  Author: Andres Guzman Cordero

  Supervisor: Bas van der Klaauw

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 42 - Strategic Diversification on Digital Platforms: Performance Effects of Multi-Channel Content Strategies

  Author: Bernd Große Siemer

  Supervisor: Dennis Herhausen

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 41 - Extremes with random covariates

  Author: Just de Groot

  Supervisor: Chen Zhou

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 40 - A Multivariate Implicit Score-Driven Approach for Modeling Time-Varying Volatilities and Correlations

  Author: Paul Doekhie

  Supervisors: Dick van Dijk, Rutger-Jan Lange

  Defense date: August 31, 2025

• 39 - Asymmetric Charity Auctions

  Author: Reza Armakan

  Supervisors: Sander Onderstal, {Accounts.FirstName} Stoelhorst, {Accounts.FirstName} Barreto

  Defense date: August 31, 2025