University of Edinburgh - BUST10012: Corporate Finance (Solutions)

This course - BUST10012: Corporate Finance, is offered by the Business School. It's part of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. It's for students in their third or fourth year of various degree programs like Accounting and Finance, Finance and Business, and Economics with Finance. In this course, you'll study practical and academic aspects of managing finances in companies. You'll learn about debt policy, dividend policy, corporate governance, and more. It's important to have some background knowledge in finance and accounting, like understanding financial reports and concepts like discounted cash flow. The course mainly focuses on understanding and analysing existing research in corporate finance. The content might change slightly each year based on new developments. It's useful for students thinking about dissertation topics as it helps in understanding how research is done in finance. You'll have ten two-hour lectures and seminars where you discuss specific research papers. Your learning mainly happens through attending these sessions, reading recommended material, and thinking about what you've learned. For assessment, you'll do an individual presentation on two research papers you choose, which helps improve your communication and analytical skills.

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