Master Thesis Seminar Corporate Finance (SS 2021)

The purpose of this seminar is to prepare students for writing a Master thesis at the Institute of Corporate Finance. In the first part of the seminar we will review some of the main econometric techniques such as regression analysis, time series models, panel data estimation, and event studies. A main emphasis is on how to establish causal relationships in empirical research. The second part of the seminar consists of student presentations of important research papers in the area of corporate finance. In addition, students are required to replicate an empirical research paper with new data using Stata or R.