Course Syllabus

Course Information

Course title	Advanced Corporate Finance
Semester	110-1
Designated for	COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS
Instructor	YILIN WU
Curriculum Number	ECON5158
Curriculum Identity Number	323EU6950
Class
Credits	2.0
Full/Half Yr.	Half
Required/ Elective	Elective
Time	Monday 3,4(10:20~12:10)
Remarks	Restriction: juniors and beyond OR Restriction: MA students and beyond OR Restriction: Ph. D students The upper limit of the number of students: 30.
Ceiba Web Server	http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1101ECON5158_
Course introduction video
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning	Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description	This is an advanced course in corporate finance. Its goal is to bring students to the advanced knowledge. The course will cover several topics, depending on the advancement of the literature, each of which focuses on one topic in applied corporate finance.
Course Objective	待補
Course Requirement	There will be a referee report due on an article that I will hand out in class. In addition to the referee report, the grade will depend on class participation. Finally, I expect you to present one paper in the end of the semester.
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
Office Hours
Designated reading	待補
References	待補
Grading

Progress

Week	Date	Topic
Week 16		Paper presentation r09323005: Climate risk: The price of drought b07303096@ntu.edu.tw:Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program r09323038@ntu.edu.tw:Stakeholder engagement: Investors' environmental risk aversion and corporate earnings t10703107@ntu.edu.tw: Responsible investing: The ESG-efficient frontier b07102120@ntu.edu.tw: Empire-Building or Bridge-Building? Evidence from New CEOs’ Internal Capital Allocation Decisions r09323025@ntu.edu.tw: Managing innovation: The role of collateral b06303078@ntu.edu.tw:Temperature Shocks and Establishment Sales (2020, RFS) t10303106@ntu.edu.tw: Sustainable investing with ESG rating uncertainty
Week 17		Referee paper r09323005:Risk Management and Firm Value: Evidence from Weather Derivatives b07303096@ntu.edu.tw:Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India r09323038@ntu.edu.tw: Environmental sustainability and financial performance of the small-scale tea processors in Kenya t10703107@ntu.edu.tw: What do you think about climate finance? b07102120@ntu.edu.tw:Empire-Building or Bridge-Building? Evidence from New CEOs’ Internal Capital Allocation Decisions r09323025@ntu.edu.tw: How does firms’ innovation disclosure affect their banking relationships? b06303078@ntu.edu.tw:Temperature Shocks and Establishment Sales (2020, RFS) t10303106@ntu.edu.tw: Sustainable investing with ESG rating uncertainty
Week 1-1		Syllabus
Week 1-2		Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives
Week 1-4		Topic 1: Pollution and corporate polices
Week 1-6		Topic 2 Patents as collateral
Week 1-7		Topic 3 Climate change risk and opportunities exposures
Week 1-8		Topic 4 Corporate social responsibility and environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
Week 1-9		Topic 5 CEO cohort, youth experience, CEO risk attributes, and career experience
Week 1-10		applications of behavioral finance to on corporate finance
Week 17-2		Chosen paper for the final presentation and the presentation sequence