851-0735-04L  Workshop and Lecture Series in Law and Finance

SemesterAutumn Semester 2017
LecturersG. Hertig
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish



Courses

NumberTitleHoursLecturers
851-0735-04 SWorkshop and Lecture Series in Law and Finance
**together with University of Zurich**
More information at: Link
2 hrs
Tue/2w16:15-18:00UNI ZH .
Wed/2w16:15-18:00IFW A 32.1 »
G. Hertig

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AbstractThe Workshop and Lectures Series in Law & Finance is a joint seminar of ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the University of St. Gallen. Each semester, several guest scholars from law, finance and related fields give a lecture and/or discuss their ongoing research. All speakers are internationally well-known experts from Europe, the U.S. and beyond.
ObjectiveThe Lecture and Workshop Series in Law & Finance aims at allowing participants to discuss current financial regulation and corporate governance issues with leading academics.
ContentParticipants discuss current Law & Finance issues with guest scholars from Europe and the U.S. In addition, participants write a comment on one of the discussed papers.
Lecture notesTo be discussed papers are posted in advance on the course's web page
Literature- Benefit-Cost Analysis of Financial Regulation, Conference Issue, 43(2) Journal of Legal Studies 2014
- Andrei Shleifer, The Failure of Judges and the Rise of Regulators (MIT Press 2012)
- Viral Acharya et al., Regulating Wall Street (Wiley 2011)
- Raghuram G. Rajan, Fault Lines (Princeton University Press 2010)
- Reinier Kraakman et al., The Anatomy of Corporate Law. A Comparative and Functional Approach (2d ed., Oxford University Press 2009)
- Curtis J. Milhaupt and Katharina Pistor, Law and Capitalism (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
- Jean Tirole, The Theory of Corporate Finance (Princeton University Press, 2006)

Performance assessment

Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits2 credits
ExaminersG. Hertig
Typegraded semester performance
Language of examinationEnglish
RepetitionRepetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit.
Additional information on mode of examinationTo get credits participants must cumulatively:
1) Attend 11 of the 14 lectures/workshops on the program,
2) Write a graded comment (2 pages minimum) on one of the papers discussed at the lecture/Workshop
and
3) Participate actively during the course (e.g. via questions)

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