Course Description
Advanced topics in finance. The content is flexible with the material based on recent advances in finance. Possible course topics include "Financial Markets and Institutions" and "Game Theory with Applications to Finance and Economics."
Athena Title
RES TOPICS IN FIN
Prerequisite
FINA 9200
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide an overview of some advanced topics in Finance. This course is primarily meant for Ph.D. students who have already had basic training in corporate finance and empirical asset pricing. It introduces key concepts, models and empirical methodologies in these advanced topics. Students are expected to produce a quality original research proposal in this course.
Topical Outline
1. Market design 2. Economics of equity trading 3. Short selling 4. Allocational role of capital markets 5. Information spillover 6. Financial intermediation 7. Firm disclosure 8. International finance 9. Corporate governance 10.Financial distress 11.Financial econometrics