The recommended LaTeX template for master theses written at Erasmus School of Economics.
% This template can serve as a starting point for your MSc thesis. You are allowed to modify it as long as you adhere to the requirements from the Thesis Manual.
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{report}
% FILL OUT THE DETAILS BELOW:
\author{Your name}
\title{Your title}
% \date{An optional custom date, the default is today}
\newcommand{\studentnumber}{123456}
\newcommand{\program}{Name of your program}
\newcommand{\supervisor}{Name of your supervisor}
\newcommand{\secondassesor}{Name of your second assessor}
\usepackage[british]{babel} % Use British English
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace} % Increase line spacing
\usepackage[margin=2.5cm]{geometry} % Modify margins
\usepackage{graphicx,booktabs,apacite} % Packages for images, tables, and APA citations
% ADD YOUR OWN PACKAGES HERE
% Hint: \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,hyperref} imports some frequently used packages
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\makeatletter
\begin{center}
\textsc{Erasmus University Rotterdam}
\par \textsc{Erasmus School of Economics}
\par Master Thesis \program
\vfill \hrule height .08em \bigskip
\par\huge\@title\bigskip
\par\Large\@author\,(\studentnumber)\bigskip
\hrule height .08em\normalsize
\vfill
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth,height=0.15\textheight,keepaspectratio]{eur} % The EUR logo, but this could also be another image
\vfill
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\toprule
Supervisor: & \supervisor\\
Second assessor: & \secondassesor\\
Date final version: & \@date\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\vfill
The content of this thesis is the sole responsibility of the author and does not reflect the view of the supervisor, second assessor, Erasmus School of Economics or Erasmus University.
\end{center}
\makeatother
\end{titlepage}
\begin{abstract}
Your abstract
\end{abstract}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Introduction}
% The next two paragraphs illustrate correct citations and should not be part of your thesis!
\citeA{karreman2018academic} give many examples of active citations. But passive citations are also used in practice \cite{karreman2018academic}.
The paper by \citeA{knuth1984literate} appears in the references in a different style than the conference proceeding article by \citeA{foster2003statistical}. Books also have their own style \cite[Chapter 6]{karreman2018academic}.
% The preceding two paragraphs illustrate correct citations and should not be part of your thesis!
\bibliographystyle{apacite}
\bibliography{MyReferencesFile} % References are stored in MyReferencesFile.bib
\appendix
\chapter{Programming code}
\end{document}