How Good is the PhD in eco-fin from the baltics is it equal to canadian and american!!?

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Please Help only serious answers solicitated please read all data before giving me a sound advice.

I am an international student who is thourghly confused!! presently I am doing my MBA in germany and I am only proficient in english and no other language ........plus I have to look for a job after the PHD because my Financial Resources are really low,

As the Country should have a good job market as well, I have heard that the economy is booming in south-east asia, and middle-east as well, does this really help ??

Should I only look to US ,Canada and other English speaking countries or should I try Baltics with the Scandinavians too, do I really have a chance in these small countries with my international degrees and English !! (I am not proficient in thier language)

I have already made a mistake once and would not like to repeat it

Answer 1

It really depends on the schools involved. Not all US PhDs are the same. However, many European PhDs are very different from US PhDs. For example, I know someone with a German PhD in finance. Her dissertation was more like a book about the history of some financial problem, rather than a work of original research which would be done by an American PhD student.

It is very difficult to get a job in an American school with a PhD from a European university -- unless it is something like LSE or Oxford. Some Europeans are able to get a job by doing a Post-Doc at an American school. Finance isn't a field like Physics where most PhDs do a Post-Doc -- so this means more work.

If you can get into an American school do it -- the best Finance programs are all in the US.