Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Fall 2005 Course Information and Reading Assignments
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:
Schedule: M/W 10:00-11:30
Location: Lorch 473
Instructor: Kathryn Dominguez
Office Hours: Fri 2-4pm in 462 Lorch. Phone: 764-9498
Email
address: kathrynd@umich.edu
Course
webpage:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kathrynd/spp741page.html
Grading: 5 Assignments: 5%; Mid Term: 40%; Final Exam: 50%; Class Participation: 10%
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
PUBPOL555, PP559 or Economics 401 (Intermediate Microeconomics), or the equivalent, and graduate standing.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Assignments: There are three cases and two problem sets. These assignments involve both short essays and solving problems. You are strongly urged to form study-groups to work on these assignments. The assignments are due at the beginning of the class on the due date (these are listed on page 3 of this document). Assignments will not be graded (answer sketches will be provided) but credit will be given to all students who hand in assignments on time.
Midterm Exam: There will be an in-class Midterm exam. It will cover the first half of the course. I will distribute three questions the week before the Midterm; the Midterm will consist of one of these questions and one "new" question.
Final Exam: There will be an in-class Final exam (on the last day of class). It will cover the whole course, though with more emphasis on the second half. I will distribute three questions one week prior to the last day of class; the Final exam will consist of one of these questions and one "new" question.
Class Participation: Participation in class (and, particularly case) discussions is highly recommended.
COURSE READINGS:
The main required textbook for this class is:
Principles of Corporate Finance, by R. Brealey and S. Myers, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
(If students have access to an earlier edition of this book and do not want to purchase the sixth edition; that is fine.)
Many of the required and supplementary readings are available off the web. Assignments, some of the readings, and this reading list can be downloaded from the course webpage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kathrynd/spp741page.html
All required and supplementary readings that are not available off the web or in the textbook are included in a CoursePack available from Ulrichs and are on reserve at Foster Library.
NOTE: Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) articles
published prior to 2001 are available online from JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/browse/08953309?config=jstor;
and JEP articles published after 2001 are available online from the JEP website:
http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/contents/previss.html using IngentaSelect (click on the article you want and then click on "online
viewing options for institutional subscribers"). Required JEP articles
are in the CoursePack and on reserve at Foster Library.
ADDITIONAL COURSE MATERIAL:
Other textbooks on corporate finance and financial markets you may wish to consult are given below:
Fabozzi, F. and Modigliani, F. Capital Markets: Institutions and Instruments, Prentice Hall: N.J.
Levich, R. International Financial Markets: Prices and Policies, Irwin/McGraw Hill: New York.
Ross, S., Westerfield, R. and Jaffe, J. Corporate Finance, Irwin/McGraw Hill: New York.
Shapiro, A. Multinational Financial Management, Prentice Hall: N.J.
For an entertaining and accurate account of the life of a currency options
trader, you may wish to read: Goldstone, N. Trading Up, Dutton: N.Y., 1988.
In addition to the listed course readings (below), students are urged to stay up-to-date with current events in international financial markets. Subscription forms for special student rates for home delivery of the WSJ, FT and Economist are available online at:
WSJ: https://users1.wsj.com/wsjreg/do/loadStudentReg?call=R_ST_EDU&KEY_EXT_CODE=75HTB
The London Financial Times: http://news.ft.com/Education/Portal/welcome_students.html
The Economist : https://www.economistacademic.com/index.cfm?action=sso
For another good source of financial news (freely available
off the web) see: http://www.cnnfn.com/markets/index.html
PUBPOL741 day-to-day schedule
Class |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Issued |
Collected |
1 |
9/7 |
Introduction |
BM ch.1* |
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2 |
9/12 |
Foundations of Net Present Value |
BM ch.2* |
|
|
3 |
9/14 |
Valuation of Bonds |
BM ch.3* |
Case 1 Qs |
|
4 |
9/19 |
Valuation of Common Stock |
BM ch.4* |
|
|
5 |
9/21 |
CASE 1: Investment Analysis And Lockheed Tri-Star |
|
case 1 |
|
6 |
9/26 |
Introduction to Risk |
BM ch.7* |
case 2 Qs |
|
7 |
9/28 |
CAPM and APT |
BM ch.8* |
|
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8 |
10/3 |
CASE 2: Beta Management Co. |
|
case 2 |
|
9 |
10/5 |
Capital Budgeting and Risk |
BM ch.9 |
|
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10 |
10/10 |
Financial Market Efficiency |
BM ch.13* |
|
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11 |
10/12 |
Capital Structure I |
BM ch.17 |
case 3 Qs |
|
12 |
10/19 |
Capital Structure II |
BM ch.17* |
|
|
13 | 10/24 |
CASE 3: Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital |
Midterm qs | Case 3 | |
14 |
10/26 |
Overview of Corporate Financing |
|
|
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15 |
10/31 |
Midterm (in class) |
|
|
|
16 |
11/2 |
Interest Rate Determination |
BM ch.24* |
|
|
17 |
11/7 |
The Foreign Exchange Market |
BM ch.28.1* |
|
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18 |
11/9 |
Parity Conditions in Finance |
Lamont & Thayler |
|
|
19 |
11/14 |
International Interest Rates |
BM ch.28.2-5* |
|
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20 |
11/16 |
Futures Contracts |
BM ch.27.2-3* |
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21 |
11/21 |
Options |
BM ch 20* |
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22 |
11/23 |
Swaps |
BM ch.27.4* |
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23 |
11/28 |
Risk Management |
BM ch.27.5-6 |
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24 |
11/30 |
Governance and Financial Architecture |
BM ch.34* |
|
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25 |
12/5 |
Financial Contagion |
Kaminsky et al* |
Final Qs |
|
26 | 12/7 | Developing Country Finance | Bulow & Rogoff* | ||
27 |
12/12 |
Final Exam (in class) |
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NOTE: BM denotes the Brealey and Myers textbook. An asterisk * denotes that additional readings for this topic are listed on the next page.
PUBPOL741 Reading List and Cases
Class 1: Introduction
Capitalism and its Troubles, The Economist , May 16, 2002
Class 2: Foundations of Net Present Value
Martin, R., Internal Rate of Return Revisited, http://members.tripod.com/~Ray_Martin/DCF/nr7aa003.html
Deep Discount, The Economist , June 26, 1999
Class 3: Valuation of Bonds
Fed Points: Understanding U.S. Government Securities Quotes http://www.ny.frb.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed07.html
Long Bonds: From Here to Eternity, The Economist , May 31, 2005
Class 4: Valuation of Common Stock
Siegel, J. and Thaler, R., "Anomalies: The Equity Premium Puzzle", Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.11, no.1, Winter 1997, 191-200.
Poterba, J., Stock Market Wealth and Consumption, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.14, no.2, Spring 2000, 99-118.
Great Expectations, The Economist , July 15, 2000
Share Holder Value, The Economist , January 25, 2001
Valuation Waltz, The Economist , May 3, 2001
Stock Market Valuation: Great Expectations, The Economist , Jan 31, 2002
Stockmarkets: Looking for Directions' The Economist , June 23, 2005
Class 5: Case 1
Investment Analysis and Lockheed Tri-Star HBS 291-031 (in CoursePack).
Class 6: Introduction to Risk
All Fall Down, The Economist , November 8, 1997
Unscrambling Correlation, The Economist , December 6, 1997
Dancing in Step, The Economist, March 22, 2001
Highly Contagious, The Economist , March 22, 2001
Adverse to Reality, The Economist , August 9, 2001
An Eerie Calm, The Economist , July 22, 2004
A New Conundrum, The Economist , May 17, 2005
Class 7: CAPM and APT
Perold, A., The Capital Asset Pricing Model, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 18, no. 3, Summer 2004, pp. 3-24.
Fama, E., and French, K., The CAPM: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 18, no. 3, Summer 2004, pp. 25-46.
Tales from the FAR side, The Economist , November 16, 1996
Time for the Chop: economics focus, The Economist , February 25, 1995
In Praise of Common Sense, The Economist , June 22, 2002
Class 8: Case 2
Beta Management Co. HBS 292-122 (in CoursePack).
Class 9: Capital Budgeting and Risk
Class 10: Financial Market Efficiency
Malkiel, B., The Efficient Market Hypothesis and Its Critics, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 1, Winter 2003, pp. 59-82.
Shiller, R., From Efficient Markets Theory to Behavioral Finance, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no.1, Winter 2003, pp. 83-104.
The Unbearable Lightness of Finance, The Economist , December 5, 1998
Shared Values, The Economist , December 4, 1999
The Foresight Saga, The Economist , December 18, 1999
Bond Blues, The Economist , January 25, 2001
The Rise and the Fall, The Economist , May 5, 2001
Badly in Need of Repair: Company Accounts, The Economist , May 4, 2002
Bubble Trouble, The Economist , May 16, 2002
Whither Equities?, The Economist, July 12, 2005
Class 11: Capital Structure I
Class 12: Capital Structure II
Miller, M. "The Modigliani-Miller Propositions After Thirty Years," Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.2, no.4, Fall 1988, pp. 99-120.
Debt is Good for You, The Economist , January 25, 2001
Class 13: Case 3
Mariott Corporation: The Cost of Capital HBS 289-047 (in CoursePack).
Class 14: Overview of Corporate Financing
Bolton , P. and Scharfstein, D., Corporate Finance, the Theory of the Firm, and Organizations, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.12, no.4, Fall 1998, pp. 95-114.
Finance: Trick or Treat?, The Economist , October 23, 1999
Stocks in Trade, The Economist , November 13, 1999
When Capital Markets Rule, The Economist , May 3, 2001
Corporate Bond Markets: A Whiff of Fear, The Economist , May 12, 2005
Share Buy Backs: A Valuable Alternative to Empire-Building, The Economist , April 19, 2005
Class 16: Interest Rate Determination
Fed Points: Interest Rates http://www.ny.frb.org/education/interest_rates.html
Fed Points: Estimating Yield on Treasury Securities http://www.ny.frb.org/aboutthefed/fedpoint/fed28.html
Campbell, J. "Some Lessons from the Yield Curve," Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.9, no.3, Summer 1995, pp. 129-152.
Storm Clouds Ahead, The Economist , January 27, 2005
Bond Yields: Down but Not Out, The Economist , June 2, 2005
Class 17: The Foreign Exchange Market
Fed Points: The Foreign Exchange Market http://www.ny.frb.org/education/addpub/usfxm/
Froot, K. and Thaler, R. "Anomalies: Foreign Exchange," Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol 4, no. 3, Summer 1990, pp. 179-192.
The Yuan: Chinese Puzzles, The Economist , August 11, 2005
Class 18: Parity Conditions in Finance
Lamont, O., and Thaler, R. Anomalies: The Law of One Price in Financial Markets, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 191-202.
Pakko, M. and Pollard, P. "For Here or To Go? Purchasing Power Parity and the Big Mac," Review , Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis , January-February, 1996, pp. 3-17. http://www.stls.frb.org/do c s/publications/review/96/01/9601mp.pdf
Burgernomics, The Economist , January 13, 2001
Big Mac Index: Food for Thought, The Economist , May 27, 2004.
Fast Food and Strong Currencies, The Economist , June 9, 2005
Class 19: International Interest Rates
About Forward Rates http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/forward.html
China : From T-shirts to T-bonds, The Economist , July 28, 2005
Class 20: Futures Contracts
Wolfers, J. and Zitzewitz, E., Prediction Markets, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 18, no. 2, Spring 2004, pp. 107-126.
The Iowa Electronic Markets http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/
A Market for Votes, The Economist , November 4, 2000
Class 21: Options
Hall, B., and Murphy, K., The Trouble with Stock Options, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 3, Summer 2003, pp. 49-70.
Barrier Grief: Hedge Funds, The Economist , March 8, 1995
The Nobel Prize in Economics: The Right Option, The Economist , October 16, 1997
Keeping All Options Open, The Economist , August 14, 1999
Share and Share Unalike, The Economist , August 7, 1999
Coming Clean on Stock Options, The Economist , April 27, 2002
Class 22: Swaps
What is an Interest Rate Swap? http://home.earthlink.net/~green/whatisan.htm
The Swaps Emperor's New Clothes, The Economist , February 8, 2001
Italian Fiddle?, The Economist , November 8, 2001
Credit Derivatives: Risky Business, The Economist , August 18, 2005
Class 23: Risk Management
Stulz, R., Should We Fear Derivatives?, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol 18, no. 3, Summer 2004, pp.173-192.
Ewards, Franklin, Hedge Funds and the Collapse of Long Term Capital Management, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol 13, no. 2, Spring 1999, pp.189-210.
Bishop, M. A Survey of Corporate Risk Management: Too hot to handle? (parts 1-9), The Economist , various issues, February 1996 (part2, part3, part4, part5, part6, part7, part8, part9)
A Hitchhiker's guide to Hedge Funds, The Economist , June 13, 1998
When the Sea Dries Up, The Economist , September 25, 1999
Future Perfect, The Economist , November 27, 1999
Too Clever by Half, The Economist , January 22, 2004
Financial WMD?, The Economist , January 22, 2004
Be Prepared, The Economist , January 22, 2004
Borrowing and Betting, The Economist , June 10, 2004
From Alpha to Omega: Hedge Funds, The Economist , July 15, 2004
Hedge Funds: Looking for Trouble, The Economist, June 30, 2005
The Perfect Storm, The Economist , September 6, 2005
Class 24: Governance and Financial Architecture
Mahoney, P., Manager-Investor Conflicts in Mutual Funds, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol.18, no.2, Spring 2004, pp. 161-182.
Demski, J., Corporate Conflicts of Interest, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 51-72.
Lev, B., Corporate Earnings: Facts and Fiction, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 27-50.
Healy, P. and Palepu, K., The Fall of Enron, , Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 3-26.
Insider Trading: The Cost of Inequality, The Economist , June 20, 2000
A Rash of Rules, The Economist , June 24, 2004.
European Shareholder Democracy, The Economist , March 23, 2005
Class 25: Financial Contagion
Kaminsky, G., Reinhart, C. and Vegh, C., The Unholy Trinity of Financial Contagion, Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 17, no. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 51-74.
Obstfeld, M., The Global Capital Market: Benefactor or Menace? Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol 12, no. 4, Fall 1998, pp.9-30.
Rogoff, K., International Institutions for Reducing Global Financial Instability Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol 13, no. 4, Fall 1999, pp.21-42.
Is Contagion a Myth? The Economist , October 31, 1998
Close Correlationships, The Economist , December 16, 2000
The Money Trail, The Economist , September 21, 2001
New (Capital Market) Dangers, The Economist , May 16, 2002
The Regulator Who Isn't There, The Economist , May 16, 2002
Better Than the Alternatives, The Economist , May 16, 2002
Sudden Storms, The Economist , May 1, 2003
Emerging Markets: Different This Time? The Economist , August 23, 2005
Class 26: Developing Country Finance
Bulow, J. and Rogoff, K. "Cleaning up Third World Debt without Getting Taken to the Cleaners," Journal of Economic Perspectives , vol. 4, no. 1, Winter 1990, pp. 31-42.
McMillan, J. and Woodruff, C., The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives , Vol. 16, no. 3, Summer 2002, pp. 153-170.
IMF Fact Sheet: How the IMF helps Poor Countries http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/poor.htm
Can Debt Relief Make a Difference? The Economist , November 18, 2000
When Countries Go Bust, The Economist , December 6, 2001
A New Approach to Sovereign Debt Restructuring, Anne Krueger, IMF, November 26, 2001
The Sisters at 60: the World Bank and the IMF, The Economist , July 22, 2004.
Dealing with Default, The Economist , May 8, 2003.
A Remedy for Financial Turbulence? The Economist , April 15, 2004.
Argentina 's Debt Restructuring: Tough Deal, The Economist , March 3, 2005
To Give or Forgive, The Economist , June 16, 2005
Economist articles on Debt and Development: http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/display.cfm?id=348915 also see up-to-date information on Professor Nouriel Roubini's global macroeconomics website: http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/