Subject: Finance
Credit units: 3
Offered: Term 1 only
Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
College: Graduate and Postdoc Studies
Department: Finance and Management Science

Starts out with the classic Miller-Modigliani irrelevance theorem, which describes a frictionless financial markets set-up. Various deviations from this set-up, particularly with respect to agency costs, information asymmetries, and taxes, are then introduced. Students will also study how these market imperfections affect firms’ dividend policies and capital structures.

Departmental permission is required.
Restriction(s): Current student in the College of Graduate Studies and Research.
Note: Students with credit for COMM 461 will not receive credit for this course.

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