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BUSI 4500

Advanced Corporate Finance

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

An in-depth examination of some of the major theoretical issues in corporate finance. This course requires analyses and presentations of both articles from the finance literature and case studies.

2026

Topics

  • Mechanics of Writing a Research Paper Assigned Readings
  • Risk Return Models, Event Study Assigned Readings
  • Initial Public Offerings Assigned Readings
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Assigned Readings
  • Capital Structure Assigned Readings
  • Behavioral Corporate Finance Assigned Readings
  • Virtual online Group meeting (10-15 Reach out to the TA (or
  • Meet with your group members during
  • A second group meeting with the Meet with your group to
  • A third group meeting with the professor This third group meeting
  • In-class presentation of your research Meet with your group to

Readings

  • While there is no formal textbook for this course, those who want to have a career in finance may wish to buy: Applied Corporate Finance, 4th Edition, Aswath Damodaran, Wiley, 2014. In
  • addition, students may read relevant papers from the leading finance journals including Journal of Finance, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of
  • Accounting and Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Management, Journal of Portfolio Management and the likes for their chosen

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing, BUSI 3500, BUSI 3502, BUSI 3512 (with a grade of C- or higher in each), and STAT 2602 or STAT 2607 (with a grade of C- or higher in each). Lecture three hours a week.

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