• Offered by Rsch Sch of Finance, Actuarial Studies & App Stats
  • ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
  • Course subject Financial Management
  • Areas of interest Finance
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Kun Li
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2022
    See Future Offerings

This course involves on campus teaching. For students unable to come to campus there will be a remote option. See the Class Summary for more details.

This course will cover a wide range of topics in empirical corporate finance. The material covered in this course will provide students with: (i) rigorous understanding and ability to apply various empirical methods used in corporate finance research; and (ii) interesting and exciting topics to consider for their dissertation.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Describe the current state of findings in main topics of corporate finance;
  2. Critically analyse the utilisation of the main data sources and data issues in empirical corporate finance;
  3. Use the main econometric techniques used in empirical corporate finance; and
  4. Evaluate and develop research ideas in empirical corporate finance.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Typical assessment may include, but is not restricted to: assignments, presentations and other assessment as appropriate (100) [LO 1,2,3]

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Workload

Students are expected to commit 130 hours of work in completing this course. This includes time spent in scheduled classes and self-directed study time.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To be eligible to enroll in the course, students must be enrolled in an RSFAS or RSE PhD program and have successfully completed undergraduate studies in Corporate Finance or its equivalent at a recognised academic institution. Masters students in Finance with a GPA of 6.5 who have completed FINM7008, FINM7007 and FINM7041 may also apply to enroll in the course.

You will need to contact the Rsch Sch of Finance, Actuarial Studies & App Stats to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

Information about the prescribed textbook will be available via the Class Summary.

Assumed Knowledge

Students will require a solid background in finance, microeconomics, and econometrics, and preferably corporate finance theory.
 

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
34
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
2022 $4440 Standard Rate
2022 $3510 Grandfathered Rate*

*continuing students in nominated programs only. See fee website

International fee paying students
Year Fee
2022 $5700
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2987 21 Feb 2022 28 Feb 2022 31 Mar 2022 27 May 2022 In Person View

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