DATE(DAY)

TOPIC

NOTE

READING

ASSIGNMENT

1/15(T)

Introduction

1/17(Th)

Corporate Governance

L1

BMA Ch 1

1/22(T)

Case 1: Corporate Responsibility

New Yorker, Reason, Milton Friedman, Discussion Questions and Write-up Instruction

1/24(Th)

NPV Rule and Its Competitors

L2

BMA Ch 2 & 5.1~5.3

1/29(T)

IRR

L3

BMA Ch 5.3~5.4

1/31(Th)

Applying the NPV Rule

L4

BMA Ch 6.1~6.3

PS 1; Answer Key

2/5(T)

Corporate Financing Overview

L5

  BMA Ch 14.1~3

2/7(Th)

Payout Policy

L6

BMA Ch 16.1~5

2/12(T)

Case 2: Dividend Policy

See Moodle

Instruction; BW1; BW2; BW3

2/14(Th)

Review

PS 2; Answer Key

2/19(T)

Midterm 1

2/21(Th)

Repurchases vs. Dividends

L7

See Moodle

2/26(T)

WACC and Capital Structure; MM I and II

L8

BMA Ch 9.1; 17.1

2/28(Th)

Case 3: Project Valuation

Instruction

Spring Break

No Class

3/12(T)

Modified MM and Pecking Order Theory

L9

BMA Ch 17.2~4; 18.1; 18.3~4; 32.4

3/14(Th)

Book Report

Barbarians at the Gate 

3/19(T)

Optimal Debt Policy

3/21(Th)

Case 4: Capital Structure

Instruction

3/26(T)

Understanding Options

L10

BMA Ch 20; Ch 21.1~3

PS 3; Answer Key

3/28(Th)

Option Basics

4/2(T)

Option Pricing

L11

4/4(Th)

Real Options

L12

BMA Ch 22

4/9(T)

Review

PS 4; Answer Key

4/11(Th)

Exam 2

4/16(T)

Executive Stock Option Grants

L13

BMA Ch 12.1

4/18(Th)

Research Symposium

No Class

4/23(T)

Executive Stock Option Grants

BMA Ch 12.1

4/25(Th)

Case 5: Executive Stock Options

Instruction

4/30(T)

Mergers and Acquisitions 

L14

Evaluation

5/2(Th)

Review

PS 5; Answer Key

5/6(M)

Exam 3

11am