MFIN 8881 Advanced Corporate Finance
This course provides an intensive analysis of the effects of various corporate financial policy decisions on the value of the firm and includes a discussion of the effects of taxes, bankruptcy costs, and agency costs on these decisions. It also examines the interrelation of financing policy with executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, leasing, hedging, and payout policies.
Course overview
- Department
- Finance
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- MFIN8807
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.74 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 3.74 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Thomas Chemmanur | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 54 of 70 |
| Spring 2025 | Thomas Chemmanur | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 50 of 55 |
| Spring 2024 | Thomas Chemmanur | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 49 of 54 |
| Spring 2023 | Thomas Chemmanur | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 55 of 62 |
| Spring 2022 | Elliott Smith | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 42 of 64 |