Empirical Corporate Finance
FIN-617 / 2 credits
Teacher: Schuerhoff Norman
Language: English
Remark: If you would like to attend this course, please send an email to: edfi@epfl.ch to register
Frequency
Every year
Summary
The course provides an overview of empirical methods for corporate finance research, seminal contributions in theoretical and empirical corporate finance, and recent advances in empirical corporate finance.
Content
Major topics include corporate investment decisions, capital structure, internal and external financing, financial contracting, corporate governance, market for corporate control, network effects in corporate finance, application of machine learning/AI in corporate finance.
Review academic literature in empirical corporate finance. Link contributions in theoretical corporate finance to empirical tests. Provide overview of reduced-form and structural approaches to empirical research in corporate finance. Present and discuss current research topics and seminal contributions. Develop novel research questions and outline future research directions.
Assessment methods
Take home exam, combined with graded referee reports and presentations
In the programs
- Exam form: Multiple (session free)
- Subject examined: Empirical Corporate Finance
- Lecture: 12 Hour(s)
- Exercises: 30 Hour(s)
- Type: mandatory