79484 - Corporate Finance (B.A.)

Learning outcomes

At the completion of the course, students will be equipped with the fundamental concepts of financial management. This includes the ability to understand the firm’s governance, and to assess the impact of investing, financing, and risk management decisions on the firm’s market value, in a classical shareholder’s wealth maximization framework.

Course contents

Corporate Finance (48144) will provide students with an overview of financial decision-making within a firm. The course focuses on decisions concerning how firms should raise funds in different forms, and how they should invest in real assets. The first part of the course will deal with investment decisions, that is how to value investment projects and firms, while the second part will consider how to finance these investments. The final part of the course will examine how investment and financing decisions are related. The course is aimed at providing students with a thorough understanding of how financial decisions can create, destroy, or transfer shareholder’s value.

Readings/Bibliography

Brealey, R.A., Myers, S.C., Allen F., Edmans, A., 2023, Principles of Corporate Finance, 14/e, McGraw-Hill.

Teaching methods

Theoretical lectures, applications and exercises.

Assessment methods

The assessment of the course will be based on a midterm and a final exam. The structure of both tests is the same.


TA written mock test with formula page will be provided. The highest score is 16 in both the midterm and the final; therefore, the maximum overall grade is 32 (if greater than 30, it will be considered as 30 with honors).


Students may choose not to take the final exam in the above mentioned form (midterm and final), but rather a comprehensive exam at the end of the course.  The maximum grade is 32 (if greater than 30, it will be considered as 30 with honors).

Teaching tools

Excel spreadsheets, powerpoint slides, videos, Kahoot.

Office hours

See the website of Silvina Elida Ramos