Students: please
also log in at the official WebCT page, where the
Summer School Office puts out official announcements.
(1) (12
July 2007) Update to the schedule (2nd page of your course
pack): the schedule says classes (TA sessions) will be held up to Wednesday, 18
July. Actually, classes (TA sessions)
will be held up to Thursday, 19 July.
(2) (12 July 2007) Modification of slides to taxes and corporate
finance material: replace the bottom slide of page 52 and the top slide of page
53 of your course pack by the file linked here.
(3) (13 July 2007) Summer School has posted the final exam schedule on
WebCT (and has also emailed you about it).
I’m reminding you. Please check
the time and location of your final exam.
(4) (13 July 2007) Reminder: for the two lectures next week on Monday
(16 July) and Tuesday (17 July) we will be back in our original location, Room
D1 (the Hong Kong Theatre). No change in
timing.
(5) (17 July 2007) Reminder: the policy with regard to non-programmable
calculators for the mid-term also applies to the final examination.
Please note: These papers
are NOT required for the examination. They are listed here only for
those who are interested in reading them.
This list is selective,
and reflects my preferences. The papers are listed roughly in
chronological order to their relevance to the lecture material.
The papers are accessible
from on-campus LSE computers only (and thus only for as long as you have
LSE network accounts).
1. Graham, John and Campbell Harvey, "The Theory and Practice of Corporate Finance: Evidence from the Field, " Journal of Financial Economics, 2001. <<LINK>> Interesting survey including information on the practices of firm managers.
2. Modigliani, F. and M. Miller, "The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance, and the Theory of Investment," American Economic Review, 1958. <<LINK>>This is probably the most famous paper in corporate finance.
3. Miller, M., "Debt and Taxes," Journal of Finance, 1977. <<LINK>> This is the paper where Miller outlines a tax-based approach to the determination of aggregate debt levels.
4. Harris, M. and A. Raviv, "The Theory of Capital Structure," Journal of Finance, 1991. <<LINK>> This is a brilliant survey of agency theory, asymmetric information, and capital structure.
5. Bhattacharya, S. "Imperfect Information, Dividend Policy, and the `Bird in Hand Fallacy'," Bell Journal of Economics, 1979. <<LINK>> This paper introduced the dividend signalling model.
6. Jay Ritter's IPO page: <<LINK>> Contains very nice facts and figures about IPOs in the US and around the world.
7. Grossman, S. and O. Hart "Takeover Bids, the Free Rider Problem and the Theory of the Corporation," Bell Journal of Economics, 1990. <<LINK>> This paper explicated the free-rider problem in corporate takeovers.