040090 UK Special Topics in Banking and Finance: Corporate Finance (2018W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 10.09.2018 09:00 to Th 20.09.2018 12:00
Deregistration possible until Mo 15.10.2018 23:59

Details

max. 50 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Julian Kolm

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Wednesday
    03.10.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    10.10.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    17.10.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    24.10.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    31.10.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    07.11.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    14.11.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    21.11.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    28.11.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    05.12.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    12.12.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    09.01.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    16.01.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    23.01.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß
    
    Wednesday
    30.01.
    15:00 - 16:30
    Hörsaal 5  Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1  Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course discusses how corporate finance is shaped agency conflicts between shareholders, managers, debt holders, etc. The first part of the course concerns the role of agency conflicts for determining firms’ financing and investment choices such as the use of debt and the choice of investment project. The second part of the course concerns the corporate governance mechanisms that firms employ to manage various agency conflicts. These corporate governance mechanism include compensation contracts and boards. The course will also cover relevant empirical work.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are required to attend and actively participate in class. There will be two exams. Additional requirements will be announced in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students must have completed the compulsory ABWL Finanzwirtschaft II, basic Game theory and Econometrics. Knowledge of univariate calculus and basic statistics is also expected.

Examination topics

The entire contents of the lecture, the readings assigned during the course, and the prerequisite courses.

Reading list

TBA

Association in the course directory

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