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Postgraduate course 2022/2023

Modern research in corporate finance

Type: Elective course
Area of studies: Economics
Delivered by: School of Finance
When: 2 year, 1 semester
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 44

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is absolutely necessary for developing the analytical skills in the area of corporate financial decisions and understanding their relevance to the empirical evidence in developed and emerging markets. It covers the extensions for the key concepts in corporate finance explaining hurdle rates and cost of equity analysis in the integrated and segmented capital markets, the financing and payout decisions and the empirical research in the field of developed and emerging markets data, and the corporate control and governance issues with the emphasis on financial architecture of the modern firm. The course is thought to become a core theoretical background to the related financial courses for advanced studies.