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Valid for year : 2006
 
TPPE05 Capital Budgeting and Financial Markets, 4 ECTS credits.
/Investeringsbedömning och finansiella marknader/

For:   I   Ii  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 32
Rec. self-study hours: 68

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Production Economics

  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
The course aims at describing the relationships between capital markets and the firm's capital budgeting decisions. To provide an understanding of these relationships, the course will - describe basic structures and the functioning of financial markets in Sweden - present some common theoretical equilibrium models and how they can be used - provide knowledge about capital budgeting techniques under certainty and risk

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
TEIE13 Financial Control Systems, TPPE24 Economic Analysis, TAMS65 Mathematical Statistics, second course, TAOP02 Introduction to Operations Research

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
TPPE63 Corporate Finance, TPPE81 Financial Risk Management

Organisation:
The teaching is organized in lectures and seminars. The lectures will primarily treat various models and methods, whereas the seminars will be used for discussing quantitative problems and solution techniques.

Course contents:
Instruments and institutions in the Swedish financial markets. Portfolio theory. Capital budgeting under risk. The Capital Asset Pricing Model and other equilibrium models. Evaluation of portfolio management. Market efficiency.

Course literature:
Brealey, R. and Myers, S., Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill Book Company. Supplementary texts will be announced later.

Examination:
Written examination
2,5 p
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IPE.
Director of Studies: Janerik Lundquist
Examiner: Peter Hultman
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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 07/28/2006