FIN 595: Empirical Corporate Finance

Course Description

This seminar will study recent research in corporate finance that uses modern empirical methods to focus on causal inference. Students will be required to write a research proposal. The objective is to sharpen students' skills as consumers and producers of empirical corporate finance. This seminar is also beneficial for researchers in related fields such as credit markets and banking, asset pricing, financial accounting and applied microeconomics. 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Credit is not given toward graduation for FIN 595 and Spring 2024 FIN 580, Section 595.