SFB12604 International Finance (Spring 2011)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
10
Responsible faculty:
Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag
Course Leader:
Ivar Bredesen
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business.

Prerequisites

Based on Foundation courses in finance/business finance, SFB11002  Finansiering og investering or eqvivalent.

Teaching semester

Spring

Content

  • Foreign exchange markets
  • Financial management
  • International parity conditions
  • Hedging foreign exchange
  • Interest rate exposure
  • Futures and options
  • International portfolio diversification
  • Foreign investment and capital budgeting
  • Corporate governance

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, group work, exercises. The language of instruction is English.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Three papers (group work or individual) must be submitted and approved before signing up for the final indivdual examination.

Exam

Four hours written examination
Aids allowed: calculator, mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary.
Grades: A - F.

Reading list

Eiteman, David K., Arthur I. Stonehill and Michael H. Moffett (2009). Multinational Business Finance, 11th ed. Boston: Pearson / Addison Wesley. 848 s.

Supplementary literature:
Sercu, Piet and Raman Uppdal (1995). International financial markets and the firm. Cincinnati, Ohio : South-Western College Pub. Co. 731 s.
Sarno, Lucio and Mark P. Taylor (2002). The economics of exchange rates. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 318 s.

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