FEM11118 Lecture notes 1

FEM11118: ADVANCED CORPORATE
FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE
LECTURE 1
CAPITAL STRUCTURE: STATIC
TRADEOFF THEORY

,ABOUT ME
Patrick Verwijmeren
Professor of Corporate Finance
Interests:
capital structure
convertible bonds
short selling
hedge funds
corporate governance
forensic finance
investing in art stocks turn out to be better investments than art
Email:
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,ABOUT THE COURSE
Examines the current state of academic research in
different areas of corporate finance and governance.
how investors ensure themselves that financial decisions are made properly (= on their behalf)
The aim is to provide students with advanced
knowledge in different areas of corporate finance and
governance.
Students should be able to
understand academic papers in the area
solve practical problems related to the literature
understand the lectures
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,COURSE OUTLINE
Session
Date Day Start End Location Topic
1
03-09-2015 Thursday 17:00 18:45 CB-5 Capital structure I
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09-09-2015 Wednesday 09:00 11:45 Paviljoen Capital structure II
3 Practice problem “Financing
14-09-2015 Monday 15:00 16:45 Aula decisions”
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16-09-2015 Wednesday 09:00 10:45 CB-1 Capital structure III
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23-09-2015 Wednesday 09:00 11:45 Paviljoen Mergers & Acquisitions
5
28-09-2015 Monday 15:00 17:45 Aula Corporate Governance I
6
30-09-2015 Wednesday 11:00 12:45 CB-5 Corporate Governance II
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07-10-2015 Wednesday 11:00 12:45 Aula Discuss Practice exam
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14-10-2015 Wednesday 09:00 11:45 Paviljoen Guest speakers
Assessment is based on a written exam
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