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REVIEW OF THE BACHERLOR THESIS OPPONENT
Student’s name and surname: Anara Amangaliyeva ...
Thesis title: The Effect of FDI on Economic Growth of the Kazakhstan and Investment Opportunities in Different Regions of Kazakhstan...
Thesis supervisor: Ing. Lukas Augustin Maslo, Ph.D. ...
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Assessment of the main aspects of the thesis:
1 Structure of the thesis (logical and systematic construction) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
2 Goal of the thesis (unambiguity of formulation, adequacy) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
3 Quality of the theoretical part ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
4 Quality of the application/analytical/empirical part ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
5 Adequacy of the methods to the goal of the thesis ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
6 Sources (topicality, relevance, frequency) ☒ ☒ ☐ ☐
7 Quality of conclusions, fulfillment of the goal of the thesis ☒ ☒ ☐ ☐
8 Formal aspects (formatting, stylistics, references) ☐ ☐ ☒ ☒
Verbal assessment (describe the strongest and weakest aspects of the thesis; especially in case of a low assessment 3-4, concrete reproaches need to be expressed):
6. Sources
The title Jude, C. (2015) does not have a full reference. There is just a number which means I don’t know what.
7. Quality of conclusions
In the conclusion, I am missing the author’s statement of whose research she is leaning on. There should be a kind of putting into the context of the existing research.
8. Formal aspects
The ordering of chapters and subchapters in the table of content does not correspond to the ordering of chapters and subchapters in the text of the thesis. The ordering in the text is as follows:
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1.1 1.1.1 3.1 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.1 1.1
This is a total mess.
The list of references mixes up several styles, e. g. the pages are denoted as: pp. or p. or Pages. The name of the author is separated from the date of publication by a comma (,) or by a dot (.)
The abstract is mixing up the past tense, present tense and future tense.
The tables 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are some disgusting, low-quality screenshots. Table 4 is awfully arranged.
Complex assessment (it is necessary to state whether the thesis complies with the Methodological guidelines of the Faculty of Economics, University of Economics, Prague as concerns the quality of the content, the extent and formal requirements and whether the thesis is being recommended to the defense or not; the thesis can also be nominated to a special award, etc. ):
The author has shown that she can formulate a scientific hypothesis, design a method to test it, run a sophisticated model and draw logical conclusions. Where the thesis is very weak is meeting the formal requirements. A totally confused ordering of chapters and subchapters in the text, low-quality tables etc. The thesis also suffers from a missing explicit statement in the conclusion of how it is extending the existing research of this topic. This is mentioned in the text of the thesis but it should also be repeated in the conclusion. Despite these more or less formal insufficiencies, the thesis is a good piece of scientific work and I recommend it to the oral defense before a commission.
Questions to the defense:
Using the standard textbook loanable-funds market model, how would the author capture the inflow of FDI into the economy?
Where can we see the crowding out of domestic saving in this model? Is it a positive or a negative phenomenon?
Suggested grade: very good
Date: January 26, 2021 ...
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