Financial Decision Making (Fall 2020)
M.Sc. in Financial Economics

Overview
This first half of the class (L1-L5) gives an introduction to financial decision-making; these lectures introduce students to the basic tools and techniques of project valuation. The remainder of the class (L6-L10) applies these techniques to contemporary topics in corporate finance. This half-module has an applied focus that's geared towards future practitioners, while also motivating methods by appealing to basic economic concepts. While the class is stand-alone, it's full benefit would be harnessed by taking subsequent and more advanced classes in corporate finance.

Lectures
L1: Introduction
L2: Investment decision rules
L3: Risk and return
L4: Estimating the cost of capital
L5: Taxes
L6: Mergers and acquisitions
L7: Raising capital
L8: Multinational corporate finance
L9: Government policy, firms and the macroeconomy
L10: Revision