FM-II Coursework

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You (as a group) have to write an essay of 2000-2500 (including bibliography) words on one
of the following topics:

Topic 1: Risk and Return: Different Proxies for risk and return, if investors are being
compensated for the risk they take in the equity markets in developed and developing
countries?

Topic 2: Which capital structure theory is best (followed)? Evidence from developed and
developing economies.
Topic3: Determinants of (target) capital structure. Evidence from developed and developing
economies.
Topic4: Which dividend policy is most correct (followed)? Evidence from developed
economies.
Topic5: Which dividend policy is most correct (followed)? Evidence from developing
economies.
Topic 6: How do domestic and multinational firms manage their cash flows? Evidence from
developing economies.
Topic 7: Returns of bidder firms and target firms in (domestic and cross border) merger&
acquisition.

X+Y ->Z------domestic

X+Y ->Z------cross border/ international

Use APA 6th edition style throughout you essay.

Make sure to provide the bibliography of your essay in an alphabetical order.
Read abstract, methodology and the results section to understand the gist of your article.
Also, read the discussion section to understand the possible reasoning of the findings / results.
You should also read the literature review section to cite older findings.
Use good quality recent research articles. Do not use articles from conference proceedings.
Proceedia
Use articles from good journals.
Difference between a database and a journal.

Google Scholar (free access)

Ssrn.com (free access) working papers

Jstore (subscribed)
Ebscohost (subscribed)
Science direct (subscribed)
Use good quality recent research articles – good journal / good publishing house

Read articles from these publications houses. Some of the good publishing houses are;

Elsevier
Emerald 
Sage
Wiley - Blackwell 
Springer 
Taylors and fransics 
Palgrave Macmillan, 
Routledge, 
Cambridge University Press, 
Oxford university press

These publication houses have different journals. 

And articles are published in journals.

Your report will be checked for plagiarism. 16% plagiarism is allowed.

Uncited work comes under plagiarism. The report will be mark as Zero for not giving the
credit to the original author.