International investments and finance

Lecturer: Professor Dr. Jens C. Jackwerth

Teaching Assistants:

• Natascha Jankowski
• Patrick Deufel

All course materials available via Ilias

Frequently Asked Questions: You have the possibility to send questions via mail to IF.jackwerth@uni-konstanz.de

Helpful and worth knowing

The following statistical basics will be required:

Basics in German

Basics in English

Vocabulary to the lectures

English - German

German - English

I would like to suggest to attend the lecture "English for Economist" or the other courses at the Sprachlehrinstitut

Content

Introduction
The objective of this course is to develop a framework for corporate financial decision making, and to provide a solid grounding in the principles and practices of financial management.
The course covers the following topics:

Project Appraisal
This concerns the way in which investment projects are analyzed, the impact of risk, tax and
inflation, the term structure of interest rates, the cost of capital, and target rates of return.

Capital Markets
This covers the operations of the capital markets, their efficiency, the role of intermediaries,
sources of finance, the borrowing decision and company valuation, as well as optimal portfolio
allocation.

Capital Structure This addresses the optimal capital structure of firms, mergers and acquisitions, the market for corporate control, market efficiency, the principles of capital structure, leverage, the basics of hedging, and international finance.