Syllabus
Title
5220 Corporate Finance
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Christian Laux
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
02/01/19 to 02/28/19
Registration via LPIS
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Subject(s) Doctoral/PhD Programs
Dates
| Day | Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 05/22/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D5.1.004 |
| Monday | 05/27/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Monday | 06/03/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Friday | 06/07/19 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM | D4.4.141 |
| Tuesday | 06/11/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Thursday | 06/13/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Monday | 06/17/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Wednesday | 06/19/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Monday | 06/24/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.4.008 |
| Wednesday | 06/26/19 | 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM | D4.0.133 |
Liquidity and risk management
Corporate financing under asymmetric information
Accounting and information disclosure
Liquidity demand and bank runs
Fundamental determinants of corporate financing decisions
Outside financing constraints
This course deals with the financing of the corporation and inparticular with the determinants of corporate capital structure choice. The purpose of this course is to acquaint you with the relevant theories in thisfield. A main objective is to provide you withthe knowledge to assess the latest research and to be able to formalizecorporate finance problems of you own. A special focus will be a contracttheoretic approach to corporate finance.
Taught course, including discussions of exercises. The course will be based on the book “TheTheory of Corporate Finance” by Jean Tirole (Princeton University Press, 2006).
Grading is based on (i) classroom participation (20%), (ii) homework exercises (30%), and (iii) exam or paper presentation (50%)
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Last edited: 2019-02-18
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