2016-2017 Graduate Catalog

FN 912 Empirical Methods in Finance

This course is an introduction to empirical research in finance, covering the techniques most often used in the analysis and testing of financial economic theory. The course covers both time-series and cross-section methods. Topics include event studies, empirical tests of asset pricing models, forecasting relationships, return predictability in the time-series and cross-section, asset pricing anomalies, and specification and identification issues in corporate finance.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

FN 901 Advanced Corporate Finance