Universität Wien

040259 SE Seminar Corporate Finance (MA) (2023S)

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

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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. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 06.03. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 17.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 24.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 08.05. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 15.05. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 22.05. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock
  • Monday 05.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 12.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 19.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 26.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 3.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
This course enables students to deepen their knowledge in the topics introduced throughout the sequence of Corporate Finance courses. The second aim of the course is to help students come up with a suitable topic for their master thesis in Corporate Finance. For this reason the course is only recommended for students who are in their final stage of their master studies.

Assessment and permitted materials

COURSE FORMAT:
The course will be based on students’ presentations, term papers, written peer feedback and in class discussions. The course focuses on seminal papers in different areas of Corporate Finance, but is far from being exhaustive and has a bias towards more contemporary empirical work. Students may propose other topics within the realm of corporate finance or banking.
A kick-off meeting is held in March in order to form groups and allocate topics. The course is held in English.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Prerequisites:
Students must have completed the compulsory Corporate Finance 1 (MA), basic Game theory and Econometrics. Knowledge of multivariate calculus and basic statistics is also expected.

ASSESSMENT:
The grade is calculated as a weighted average of the grades for the presentations, the term papers, peer feeback, and participation, including contribution to class discussions. There will be no exams. Attendance is compulsory. The grading will be weighted as follows: 50% Presentations, 10% peer feedback, 40% research proposal.

To pass the course students must:
* obtain more than 50% of the available points.
* complete all assignemnts within their deadline.
* not miss more then 2 classes to pass the course. Attendence is only counted when students arrive on time, attend the entire class, and participate actively.

Examination topics

Reading list

Eckbo. (2008). Handbook of corporate finance: empirical corporate finance. North-Holland.
available through usearch

Papers for presentations

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Mo 08.05.2023 15:27