CORPORATE FINANCE INSTRUCTOR: ETTORE CROCI

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1 CORPORATE FINANCE INSTRUCTOR: ETTORE CROCI AA

2 LANGUAGE THE COURSE IS OFFERED IN ENGLISH EXAMS: QUESTIONS WILL BE IN ENGLISH, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO ANSWER THEM IN ITALIAN.

3 Corporate Finance Advanced corporate finance course. The objective of this course is to develop a better understanding of the main financial and investment decisions that firms face. The course will focus on the following topics: capital structure and financing decisions; IPOs; mergers and acquisitions; private equity and LBOs. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR IN WHICH THE COURSE WILL BE OFFERED IN THIS FORMAT. DON T WAIT NEXT YEAR TO TAKE THIS COURSE! BIG CHANGES COMING NEXT YEAR!

4 Audience This is an ECOFIN course. To be precise, it is a module of the course Analisi di Bilancio e Corporate Finance. The Analisi di Bilancio module (Prof. Tami) is offered in the Fall semester. This module is also in the following program: ECOECO Other modules in the Spring semester. The course assumes a good preliminary knowledge of introductory finance at the Brealey - Myers level. It is NOT REQUIRED to have taken Finanza Aziendale, but it is assumed that you know the topics covered in Finanza Aziendale. If this is your first Finance course, please check the program of Finanza Aziendale and bring yourself up to speed with the rest of the class. Given time constraints, we cannot review introductory material in this course.

5 Credits, schedule, room, office hours CFU: 4 Time: Friday 14:30-17:30 Room: U6-23 Office hours: Wednesday 14:00-15:30 (room 3010L, Ed. U7) [email protected]

6 Schedule Date Hours Data Hours No class (Good Friday) NO CLASS (Carneval) No class (Exam sessions) * (to be anticipated?) Ettore Croci - Corporate Finance AA

7 Textbooks and References Hillier D., Grinblatt, M., Titman, S., 2008, Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy: European Edition, Edition, McGraw-Hill (HGT). (Grinblatt, M., Titman, S., 2001, Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy, 2 nd Ed, McGraw-Hill can also be used). This book does not cover the full course. We follow it especially in the first part of the course. Papers, slides and exercises will be made available on the course website modulo_scheda&corso=26&ins=861&mod=5865&pagecorso=180&ti pologia=&doc= You need a password to open the files

8 Additional Textbooks and References Weston, Mitchell, Mulherin, Corporate takeovers, restructurings and corporate governance, 4th edit., Pearson Education, 2004 (WMM). Jenkinson and Ljungvist, Going Public: The Theory and Evidence on how companies raise equity finance, 2 nd Edition, Oxford University Press (JL). Principles of Corporate Finance by R.A. Brealy, S. Myers, and F. Allen, 10th edition, McGraw-Hill (Italian version available: Brealy, Myers, Allen, Sandri, Principi di Finanza Aziendale, 6 ed., McGraw Hill, 2011) (BM).

9 Financial Press Students are encouraged to read financial press articles. We will occasionally discuss relevant current events. Recommended sources are: Wall Street Journal - the best financial newspaper (a European edition is available). The Economist - the best all around source of info for Econ/Finance students. Financial Times the best European financial newspaper Il Sole-24 Ore Italian financial newspaper

10 Exam Your final grade will be based a 2-hour written exam. The exam is a closed books exam. There will be a written test on for students who attend classes at the end of the course. To make up for that class, an extra class will probably be added in the second half of March. IF THE EXAM IS UNREADABLE, IT WILL NOT BE GRADED.

11 Dissertations If you want to write a thesis in corporate finance, you can send me an with these data: Name, family name, & University ID number Exams taken in the quantitative area (statistics, econometrics, mathematical finance, etc). Exams taken in the finance area. Knowledge of statistical and econometric softwares (Stata, eviews, SAS) Foreign languages You write the thesis in Italian, but most of the articles to read will be in English. Empirical topics are favored.

12 A quick test Do you know what I am talking about if I say Free-riding Asymmetric Information Efficient Market Hypothesis NPV (VAN in Italian) If you don t know the first two, please take a look at a good Micro textbook before next week! Third one Brealy-Myers, Berk-DeMarzo, RWJ Fourth one Brealy-Myers, Berk-DeMarzo, RWJ