401-8916-00L Advanced Corporate Finance II (University of Zurich)
Semester | Spring Semester 2017 |
Lecturers | University lecturers |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | No enrolment to this course at ETH Zurich. Book the corresponding module directly at UZH. UZH Module Code: MFOEC144 Mind the enrolment deadlines at UZH: Link |
Abstract | To provide the students with good understanding of the problems and issues in corporate finance. |
Objective | To provide the students with good understanding of the problems and issues in corporate finance. |
Content | The following topics are covered in this course: the role of information and incentives in determining the forms of financing a firm chooses; hedging; venture capital; initial public offerings; investment in very large projects; the setting up of a "bad" bank; the securitisation of commercial and industrial loans; the transfer of catastrophe risk to financial markets; agency in insurance; and dealing with a run on an insurance company. |
Lecture notes | See: Link |
Literature | See: Link |