| Course ID: | FINA 9120. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Empirical Research in Corporate Finance |
Course
Description: | Empirical research in corporate finance. The modern theories of capital structure, dividend policy, corporate control, investment banking, and capital budgeting, emerging areas of research such as market microstructure, venture capital financing, and comparative international corporate finance. |
| Oasis Title: | EMP RES IN CORP FIN |
| Prerequisite: | FINA 9100 and ECON 8000 and ECON 8010 and ECON 8070 |
| Pre or Corequisite: | FINA 9110 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Theoretical foundations and theory in practice |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction and overview
2. Separation of ownership and control
3. Stockholder-bondholder conflicts
4. Dividends and corporate payouts
5. Capital structure: that static trade-off theory
6. Methodology
7. Capital structure
8. Dividend policy
9. Security issuance
10. Corporate control
11. Mergers, acquisitions, restructuring
12. Financial distress
13. Corporate diversification and internal capital markets
14. Compensation |