Empirical Finance - 2nd Semester 2020/21

7 ECTs / Semester-Long Course / English

This course aims to introduce topics in empirical Corporate Finance and Investments and Financial Markets. The applied approach of this course will allow students to use real data and implement state-of-the-art models. Students will be asked to understand and critically think about the results obtained in light of the appropriate models. At the end of the course, students will be asked to develop a new conceptual idea and implement it.

Prerequisites: Yes (See syllabus)

Faculty

Associate Professor
Geraldo Cerqueiro graduated from Tilburg University in 2009 with a PhD degree in Finance, from University Pompeu Fabra in 2003 with a MsC in Economics, and…
Senior Affiliate Professor
José Faias is the Academic Director of the MSc Programs in Finance and is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Finance at Católica Lisbon School of Business…