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ECGE1327 - Corporate Finance



ECTS - Credits : 5

Lecturer :
Teaching assistant :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory and 7,5 hours of exercises.

Timetable :
Language of instruction :
The course will be taught in English.

Learning outcomes :
The aim of the course is to provide an insight in some concepts and techniques corporate finance. These concepts and techniques should allow students to set objectives of financial management and solve concrete problems of financial management.

Prerequisites and co-requisites / Recommended optional programme components :
Basic accountancy knowledge.

Course contents :
* Introduction to Corporate Finance; The Valuation of Future Cash Flows;
* Capital budgeting techniques: Net Present Value and Making Capital Investment Decision and Project Evaluations;
* Risk and Return: Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Market Model;
* Capital Structure and Payout Policy;
* Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage;
* Financial Options.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria :
A written, closed book examination.

Recommended or required reading :
The Core, 2nd Edition
By Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Published by Prentice Hall
Copyright © 2011
Published Date: Jan 29, 2010

Other information :
Slides and lecture notes provided by the lecturer (on the eSaintLouis network). Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo, 2010, Corporate Finance, Second Edition, Pearson International Edition, 988pp.