Course Announcements
Course Outline
Study Group Grading Rules
Grading Policies
Old Exam Questions

Case #1 [Report due Jan. 29; Negotiation due Feb. 5]
Case #2 [due Mar. 11]

Take-home Quiz #1 [due Jan. 29]
Take-home Quiz #2 [due Mar. 4]

Midterm Exam [Feb. 12]
Final Exam [Mar. 13, 6-9 PM, G118-G119]

Course Grades

Introduction to the Course
Venture Capital and Initial Public Offerings of Common Stock
Primary Distributions of Seasoned Stock, Underwriting, Rights and Private Placements
Corporate Bond Financing
Intra-Firm Exchange Offers, Recapitalizations, & Convertible Debt
Repurchase Tender Offers
Interfirm Tender Offers, Mergers and Corporate Control
Going Private/Leveraged Buyouts
Defensive Tactics
The Value of Corporate Control
Divestitures and Spinoffs (Not Available)

Course Evaluation

Other Interesting Web Sites


Some Papers Done by FIN 423 Students:

National Fuel Gas [David Kroth]

Airline Mergers [Sagar Mukim]


Return to Schwert Home Page

© Copyright 1996-2008, G. William Schwert Last Updated on 4/7/2008