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Year 4 Accounting.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: 306-309 Corporate Finance.
Contact: A 3-hour seminar each week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject a student should:
- develop an understanding of contemporary theoretical research in key areas of corporate financial management;
- become familiar with empirical methods used to examine hypotheses about capital structure, dividend policy, leasing, takeovers, capital budgeting;
- understand the implications of the theoretical literature for practical financial management;
- be aware of, and be able to interpret, current developments in financial policies pursued by Australian companies;
- be able to apply techniques studied in the course to solve practical financial management problems.
Content:
A study of recent literature in a number of areas of financial management. Topics include: working capital management, investment evaluation, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure decisions, dividend policy.
Assessment:
A 3000-word research project/essay (30%) and a 3-hour end-of-semester examination (70%).
Prescribed texts:
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