Corporate Finance: A Sustainability Perspective - Period 5

This course discusses some of the firms' most important financing decisions. Throughout the course, we will examine different business environments and their implications on the firms' optimal capital structure, payout policies, and corporate valuation models. The course will allow students to understand better the behavior of markets of corporate securities in emerging and developed markets and the advancement of sustainable finance initiatives, departing from the historical, cultural, and regulatory environments across countries.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.