Information Package

Ph.D. on Accounting and Finance

MAN611

FINANCE THEORY

Course Code
MAN611
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Estimate the cost of capital for the whole firm, individual divisions as well as the specific projects with advanced techniques such as the marginal cost of capital (MCC) schedule.
  2. Solve capital budgeting problems by risk-adjusted discount rate approach and certainty equivalent approach.
  3. Explain and evaluate the Modigliani and Miller (MM) capital structure model (with and without taxes) and the Miller model.
  4. Describe the impact of financial distress, agency costs and asymmetric information on capital structure.
  5. Explain dividend theories such as the residual theory of dividends and the Miller and Modigliani's irrelevance argument.
  6. Identify other factors that influence dividend policy.
  7. Learn the difference between Short-Term and Long-Term Financial Planning.
  8. Capital Structure Decisions.
  9. Lease Financing and Hybrid Financing.
  10. Mergers, LBOs working capital management, Divestitures, and Holding Companies
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe development of corporate financial theory will be taken into account. As the fundamental issues of finance theory, efficient market hypothesis, portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model, option pricing theory, agency theory will be be primarily examined.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction; Overview of Financial Management, Financial Statements, Cash Flow, and Taxes
2nd Week Analysis of Financial Statements, The Financial Environment
3rd Week Risk and Return: The Basics, Time Value of Money
4th Week Bonds and Their Valuation
5th Week Stocks and Their Valuation
6th Week The Cost of Capital, The Basics of Capital Budgeting
7th Week Cash Flow Estimation and Other Topics in Capital Budgeting, Risk Analysis and Real Options, Long-Term Financial Planning, Capital Structure Decisions:The Basics
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases, Issuing Securities, Refunding Operations, and Other Topics
10th Week Lease Financing, Hybrid Financing
11th Week Current Asset Management, Short-Term Financing
12th Week Derivatives and Risk Management, Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation
13th Week Mergers, LBOs
14th Week Divestitures, and Holding Companies
15th Week General Assessment
Recommended or Required ReadingFinancial Management; Theory and Practice, Brigham, Gapenski and Ehrhardt, Dryden Press
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 50
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 1 30 30
Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 5 5
Homework 6 20 120
Total Work Load310
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.33
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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