Universität Wien

040092 KU Advanced Corporate Finance (MA) (2023S)

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

Gilt auch als Corporate Finance 2.
Can be chosen instead of Corporate Finance 2.

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).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes


DI 14.03.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)
DI 21.03.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)
DI 28.03.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)
DI 18.04.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)
DI 25.04.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)
DI 02.05.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)
EXAM DI 09.05.2023 15.00-18.15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock (Bestätigt)


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The objective of this course is to undertake a rigorous study of the theory of corporate finance. Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the financing and investment decisions of corporations. Topics covered include financing decisions with various sources of agency problems such as moral hazard, asymmetric information, and limited observability, as well as issues in corporate governance such as executive compensation, speculative monitoring, and investor activism.

For more information, please refer to the course syllabus at https://drive.google.com/file/d/15gOKVouCaafu1qduScOeDyQxSQLMfM97/view?usp=sharing

Assessment and permitted materials

Grades for this course will be based on a midterm exam (30%), a final exam (50%), and class participation (20%). The midterm exam will be given in class on April 25, the final exam on May 9.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To pass the course, you need to achieve an aggregate score of at least 48%.

Examination topics

All topics covered in class. (Please see the course syllabus.)

Reading list

TIROLE, Jean, The Theory of Corporate Finance, Princeton University Press, 2006.

BERK, Jonathan, and Peter DEMARZO, Corporate Finance, 5th
edition, Pearson, 2020.

DE MATOS, João Amaro, Theoretical Foundations of Corporate
Finance, Princeton University Press, 2001.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 16.03.2023 09:07