EH449      Half Unit
History of Corporate Finance and Institutional Investment

This information is for the 2023/24 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr David Chambers

Availability

This course is available on the MSc in Financial History. This course is not available as an outside option.

Course content

The course provides students with an understanding of how some of the major features of modern finance emerged from the 19th century onwards with a particular focus on the US and UK. There is a particular focus on the main changes in how firms have used modern capital markets over time and on the historical development of institutional investors.

Teaching

20 hours of seminars in the AT.

Formative coursework

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the AT.

Indicative reading

  • Campbell, G., R. Grossman and J. Turner (2021), “Before the cult of equity: the British stock market, 1829–1929” European Review of Economic History.
  • Jordà, O., K. Knoll, D. Kuvshinov, M. Schularick, and A. Taylor. 2019. The rate of return on everything, 1870–2015. Quarterly Journal of Economics 134:1225–98.
  • Chambers, D., and R. Esteves, (2014), “The First Global Emerging Markets Investor: Foreign and Colonial Investment 1880-1913” Explorations in Economic History 2014, 52: 1-21
  • Chambers, D. and E. Dimson (2013), “Retrospectives: John Maynard Keynes, Investment Innovator” Journal of Economic Perspectives vol.27 no.3
  • Graham J., M. Leary and M. Roberts (2015), “A century of capital structure: The leveraging of corporate America” Journal of Financial Economics
  • Chambers, D. and Dimson, E. (2009), “IPO Underpricing Over the Very Long-Run.” Journal of Finance, 64(3): pp. 1407-1443
  • Morrison, A. and Wilhelm W. (2007), “Investment Banking: Past, Present and Future.” Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 19(1): pp. 42-54

Assessment

Essay (100%, 4000 words) in January.

Key facts

Department: Economic History

Total students 2022/23: Unavailable

Average class size 2022/23: Unavailable

Controlled access 2022/23: No

Value: Half Unit

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Personal development skills

  • Leadership
  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Application of information skills
  • Communication
  • Application of numeracy skills
  • Commercial awareness
  • Specialist skills