Dr Elisabetta Bertero OLD.M.2.13

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Management. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

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This course includes an introduction to the financial decisions of firms, in particular capital budgeting; the financial decisions of households; the role of the financial system in the economy and the flow of funds; causes and consequences of the recent financial crises.

10 hours of lectures and 9 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures in the ST.

Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.

Classwork exercises will be set each week.

The main readings for this course are selected chapters from two textbooks combined in a customized textbook, Finance (2012), prepared specifically for this course by Dr E. Bertero. The book is available from the Economist’s Bookshop on campus.  The textbooks it draws from are:  

Hillier et al (2011) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, European Edition, McGraw-Hill.

Cecchetti et al (2011) Money, banking and financial markets, McGraw-Hill.

Note that the original Hillier book contains a few typos which you can correct by downloading the sheet from Moodle.

A few additional readings will be discussed during the lectures and posted on Moodle for downloading. See references in relevant lectures’ handouts.

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.