Teaching
 
Course websites on Sakai: https://sakai.claremont.edu:8443/portal 
 
Econ 137: Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, and M&A
 
This course provides students with the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of the theory and practice that underlie corporate financial policy, corporate governance, and complex financial transactions. To do this, I have purposely designed the course to be broad and comprehensive. In particular, we will cover three modules:

i)  Entrepreneurial Finance & The Economics of Venture Capital Financing;

ii)  Corporate Governance;

iii)  Financial Restructuring, Reorganization & The Market for Corporate Control.

Because the course synthesizes cutting-edge research in financial economics and real-world events, the content of this course will be particularly useful to students whose career objectives include work in corporate finance (e.g., investment banking), policy making or regulation related to corporate finance or corporate governance, or otherwise conducting financial analysis to critically assess financial decisions and transactions undertaken by management.

 
Econ 180: Research Methods in Financial Economics

This course provides students with the opportunity to conduct independent thesis research. The course combines one-on-one tutorials with class discussions and presentations. Theses written as part of the course should have some relation to current topics in financial economics. That is, my sections of Econ 180 are well-suited for Financial Sequence students.
 
 Fin 410: Portfolio Management

The objective of the course is for students to gain a broad understanding of the major theoretical and real-world issues confronting managers of portfolios of financial assets. Topics include: asset allocation decisions; passive and active portfolio management; portfolio performance evaluation; financial instruments; innovation and marketing in the asset management industry; the realities of running an asset management firm; behavioral finance and its implications for asset management; management of alternative investments such as private equity; tax factors in portfolio management; corporate governance and activism. The course examines portfolio management decisions faced by institutional investors as well as individuals. The course combines case studies, academic research papers, interactive lecturing, and guest speakers. The course is co-taught by Professor Cronqvist and Mr. Gould, a practitioner with extensive experience from the asset management industry.