Keio University Syllabus and Timetable

APPLIED FINANCE

Lecturer(s)NAGAKURA, DAISUKE; WEISS, GREGOR
Credit(s)2
Academic Year/Semester2023 Fall(Intensive)(Intensive)
CampusMita
Class FormatOnline classes (mainly real-time format)
Registration Number44333
Faculty/Graduate School[MASTER'S] ECONOMICS
Department/MajorECONOMICS
Year Level1, 2
FieldMASTER'S PROGRAM
K-Number GEC-EC-67252-222-07
Course AdministratorFaculty/Graduate SchoolGECECONOMICS
Department/MajorECECONOMICS
Main Course NumberLevel6Master's level coursework
Major Classification7Master's Program Prescribed Course
Minor Classification25Specialized Course - Institution and Policy
Subject Type2Elective required subject
Supplemental Course InformationClass Classification2Lecture
Class Format2Online classes (mainly real-time format)
Language of Instruction2English
Academic Discipline07Economics, business administration, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

October, 3rd (Tuesday): 3rd, 4th periods (13:00-16:15)
October, 4th (Wednesday): 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods (13:00-18:00)
October, 5th (Thursday): 1st, 2nd periods (9:00-12:15)
October, 10th (Tuesday): 3rd, 4th periods (13:00-16:15)
October, 11th (Wednesday): 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods (13:00-18:00)
October, 12th (Thursday): 1st, 2nd periods (9:00-12:15)
Classroom : 473

The course covers basic concepts of finance and exemplifies them by using real data. After each section in which the theoretical background has been discussed, real financial data samples will be analyzed in (mostly) Excel. Topics covered in this section include

1. Aims of corporate finance and financial management
2. Present values, annuities, and bond valuation
3. Stock valuation and NPVs
4. Portfolio theory and CAPM
5. Arbitrage Pricing Theory
6. Financial statement analysis
7. Efficient capital markets and behavioral finance
8. Capital structure theory
9. Equity and debt financing
10. Financial risk management
11. Mergers & acquisitions

Students will learn the principles of corporate finance and tools to apply this theoretical knowledge to real-life problems. They will be enabled to solve problems from business settings that involve finance.

This class is not a regular class but is provided as an intensive class during the spring semester period (perhaps a two or three-week intensive class). The class schedule will be announced in the formal schedule announcement by the department or the class web page in the K-LMS (Canvas-LMS).

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Textbooks

Slides / handouts will be provided on the instructor's website at

https://sites.google.com/site/gregorweiss1981/appliedfinance

Additional lecture videos are available here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4i4aZbplv9Lga8swfPTj2i6aAIVvuuIU

Textbooks:

1. Copeland/Weston/Shastri: Financial Theory and Corporate Policy: Pearson New International Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1292021584
2. Brealey/Myers/Allen: Principles of Corporate Finance, ISBN-13: 978-1259253331

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