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Contract Theory and Corporate Finance Theory - FINS5580
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Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School:  School of Banking and Finance
 
 
Course Outline: FINS5580 Course Outline
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Enrolment in Program 8427
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 3 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course focuses on important studies in the literature on contract theory and corporate finance theory. Contract theory papers that directly examine topics in corporate finance are studied. Contract theory, agency models, real option models, firm decision making under uncertainty and asymmetric information models with applications to financing decision and investment decisions are studied.

By taking this course you will have a working knowledge of key papers in the applied contract theory and corporate finance literature; you will be exposed to solution methods to be used in future research; your ability to critically evaluate theoretical corporate finance models will be developed.

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