SEMINAR IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET
August – January 2014
Starting Date of Course: September 15, 2014
Lecturer/ Instructor: Irwan Trinugroho, PhD
E-mail: irwantn@uns.ac.id or irwan.trinugroho@unilim.fr
Phone: 08112540689
1. Course Description
The course focuses on the empirical issues of financial management (corporate finance). Overall, the objective of the course is to prepare students to comprehensively understand on empirical research in finance, to develop research ideas, and to choose the appropriate empirical methodology and techniques to examine the specific question being addressed. In addition students will be taught how to synthesize research, and to develop research designs. After completion this course, students must have a research proposal that has been presented and criticized.
2. Teaching Methods
Lecturing
Small Group Discussion
Presentation and Discussion
3. Recommended Reading:
Angrist, Joshua and Jorn Pischke, 2009, Mostly Harmless Econometrics, Princeton Publishing.
Adkins, L.C, and Hill, R.C., 2011. Using STATA for Principles of Econometrics, Fourth Edition. New York, John Wiley & Son Inc.
Tirole, Jean. 2006. The Theory of Corporate Finance. New Jersey, Princeton.
4. Grading Scheme
The grading scheme is as follows:
Research Proposal 25%
Final Exam 20%
Mid Exam 20%
Presentation 15%
Attendance & Class Participation 10%
Weekly Critical Review 10%
5. Assignments
Students are grouped into 7 groups. Each group must present an assigned paper and a paper which is selected by student. The presenter is primarily responsible for the papers being discussed, including formal presentation and responses to comments and questions. The presenter should not merely repeat what is written in the paper. Rather, the presenter should provide a brief summary, identify what is new, interesting or