FIN-617 / 2 crédits

Enseignant: Schuerhoff Norman

Langue: Anglais

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

Resources

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Dans les plans d'études

  • Forme de l'examen: Multiple (session libre)
  • Matière examinée: Empirical Corporate Finance
  • Cours: 12 Heure(s)
  • Exercices: 30 Heure(s)
  • Type: obligatoire

Semaine de référence

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