The course is a profile course for the doctoral studies in Finance and therefore summarizes essential basis of knowledge in finance. Above all, it aims on financial decision-making and management on the micro-level (i.e., corporations, financial institutions) as it includes all key topics related to PhD level finance. The course content is divided into key subtopics.
Literature
ELTON, E. J. and M. J. GRUBER. Modern Portfolio Theory and Investments Analysis. 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
FABOZZI, F. J. The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
HULL, John. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives. 10th ed. New Jersey: Pearson, 2017.
Advised literature
JORION, Philippe. Value at Risk. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
SHAPIRO, Alan C. Multinational Financial Management. 10th ed. New Jersey: Wiley, 2013.
SMIT, John and Lenos TRIGEROGIS. Strategic Investment: Real Options and Games. New York: Princeton University Press, 2012. 504 pp.