PhD Seminar in Corporate Finance II

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This is a thorough doctoral level class on corporate finance, covering modern theoretical and empirical work, with an emphasis on the latter category. The course is designed to help students understand how to operationalize empirical research on topics that are central to corporate finance, such as capital structure, product market behavior, the limits of the firm, financial constraints, investment behavior, liquidity management, and more. The course will also look at the interface between corporate finance and other research areas, such as banking and industrial organization. The overarching goal is to expose students to state-of-the-art research in the field corporate finance and prepare them to conduct their own work using new methods and tools.