LUBIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Pace University
Prof. P.V. Viswanath
Fin 649 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE Fall 2002

Tentative Course Outline and Time-Table

Class Meeting Week and Days

Topics

Projects and other Deadlines

Week 1
September 11

 

 

Week 2
September 18

 

 

Week 3
September 25

 

 

Week 4
October 2

 

 

Week 5
October 9

Chapter 3: Foreign Exchange Rate Determination (Slides on Blackboard)

 

Week 6
October 16

Chapter 4: The Foreign Exchange Market and Chapter 5: Foreign Currency Options

Question 4 from Chapter 3, page 89 of Eiteman, Stonehill and Moffett

Week 7
October 23

Chapter 6: Transaction Exposure (Powerpoint Slides) Question 2 from Chapter 4, page 119 of text to be handed in; post answers to questions on article "Brazil Raises Rates to Stem Inflation From Real's" on Blackboard's Discussion Board (click on Communication, first).  Password to access the article can be found on Blackboard, under Course Documents.

Week 8
October 30

Chapter 7: Operating Exposure (Powerpoint slides) Question 5 from Chapter 6, page 181 of text

Week 9
November 6

Midterm during first half of class
Chapter 7 contd.
Chapter 8: Accounting Exposure
Question 7 from Chapter 7, page 230 of text

Week 10
November 13

Chapter 9: Interest Rate Exposure (Powerpoint slides)  

Week 11
November 20

Chapter 9: Interest Rate Exposure (contd.)
Chapter 10: Global Cost of Capital and Financial Structure (Powerpoint slides)
Note that my notes for Chap. 10 are different from the book; I expect you to follow my notes, rather than the book. 

Week 12
November 27

Chapter 10: Global Cost of Capital and Financial Structure (Powerpoint slides) Question 5 from Chapter 9, page 289 of text

Week 13
December 4

Chapter 11, 12: Sourcing Debt and Equity Globally
Chapter 14: Multinational Capital Budgeting (Powerpoint slides)
Note that my notes for Chap. 14 are different from the book; I expect you to follow my notes, rather than the book

Week 14
December 11

Chapter 14: Multinational Capital Budgeting
and Review

Question 1 from Chapter 10, p. 332

December 18

Final Exam

 


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