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I. FINANCIAL THEORY. 1. Introduction to Capital Markets, Consumption and Investment. 2. Investment Decisions: The Certainty Case. 3. Theory of Choice Under Uncertainty: Utility Theory. 4. State-Preference Theory. 5. Objects of Choice. 6. Market Equilibrium: CAPM and APT. 7. Pricing Contingent Claims: Option Price Theory and Evidence. 8. Futures Contracts and Markets – Term Structure – Cox, Ingersoll, Ross. 9. Multiperiod Aspects of Financial Theory – Real Options – Investment. 10. Efficient Capital Markets: Theory. 11. Efficient Capital Market: Evidence. 12. Information Asymmetry: Agency Cost Theory and Signaling. II. CORPORATE POLICY. 14. Valuation and Tax Policy. 15. Capital Structure. 16. Dividend Policy. 17. Applied Issues in Corporate Finance. 18. External Investment Decisions. 19. International Finance: Theory and Evidence. 20. Open-Ended Issues for Research.
