SFB12604 International Finance (Spring 2011)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Business, Languages, and Social Sciences
- Course Leaders:
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- Roswitha King
- Ivar Bredesen
- Duration:
- ½ year
The course is connected to the following study programs
Compulsory for Bachelor students in International Business.
Prerequisites
Based on Foundation courses in finance/business finance, SFB11002 Finansiering og investering or eqvivalent.
Lecture Semester
SpringContent
- 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
Forms of teaching and learning
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.
Examination
Four hours written examination
Aids allowed: calculator, mother tongue - English - mother tongue dictionary.
Grades: A - F.
Literature
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.