Quantitative Methods I & II, Research Methods, Financial Economics, Corporate Finance I & II.

- Identify key identification problems in Empirical Corporate Finance - Be familiar with the main econometric techniques used in the literature to solve/minimize identification challenges - Use the most appropriate technique to solve a particular empirical problem - Manage the main performance measures for portfolio managers evaluation - Be familiar with the main agency problems studied in the literature of mutual funds and other investment companies

1) Main identification concerns in an Empirical Corporate Finance Setting 2) Overview of methods to solve identification problems 3) Instrumental Variables 4) Experiments and Quasi-experiments: the difference-in-differences estimators 5) Regression discontinuity 6) Matching methods 7) Other methods: discrete choice models and introduction to structural estimation 8) Introduction to Investment Companies 9) Traditional Performance measures in IC 10) Others Performance Measures in IC 11) Empirical Research in IC: Corporate Governance, Agency Problems, Risk issues. (Special case:Outsourcing in Mutual funds)

- Discussion of the empirical strategy used in recently published papers in top journals - Empirical work using statistical and analytical software (STATA, R, Matlab, etc.) - Lectures There will be a regular schedule of office hours. Collective office hours will be arranged upon request.