Universität Wien

040087 VK KFK CF/FI/FM: Advanced CF: Security Design (2015S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 04.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 11.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 18.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 25.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 15.04. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 22.04. 09:00 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 29.04. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 06.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 13.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 20.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 27.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 03.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 10.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 17.06. 09:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Wednesday 24.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Most of what we will do, is based on Tirole, J. 2006. The Theory of Corporate
Finance. Princeton University Press (primarily chapters 10 to 13).
This will be augmented with references to research papers and newspaper articles,
and with material from Berk, J. and P. DeMarzo. 2013. Corporate Finance.
Pearson Education Limited.

Topics include:
- Control Rights & Corporate Governance
- Takeovers
- Consumer Liquidity Demand
- Credit Rationing & Economic Activity

Assessment and permitted materials

Your grade for this course will be based on problem sets and class participation
(25%), a mid-term (35%), and a final exam (40%). You need to obtain 50% of the
available points to pass the course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

This is a general topics course in advanced corporate finance. Successful completion
of “Corporate Finance” is required, completion of “Financial Intermediation” is
beneficial. The focus of the course will be on security design and control rights, but
we will also touch upon issues related to financial intermediation and the macroeconomic
implications of corporate finance. The aim of the course is to provide
you with a deeper understanding of the trade-offs involved when determining a
firm’s financial structure, and with an intuition for the aggregate consequences of
these decisions. You will also be introduced to a more formal approach to studying
corporate finance.

Examination topics

Reading list


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