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ACCFIN4070: Corporate Finance

Comprehensive Study and Exam Preparation Guide 2026

Part 01: About This Guide

Part 02: Sample Final Examination Paper

Part 03: Detailed Solutions and Explanations

Part 04: Proven Exam Strategies and Tips

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2026 - 2027

University	University of Glasgow
School	Adam Smith Business School
Course Code	ACCFIN4070
Course Name	Corporate Finance
Notes Title	Comprehensive Study and Exam Prep. Guide
Page Length	36

This comprehensive guide is designed to help you understand how the final examination for ACCFIN4070: Corporate Finance at the University of Glasgow will be structured and assessed. It provides insights into the types and formats of questions likely to appear on the exam. Fully updated for this academic year, this self-study set covers all examinable topics and includes sample questions with detailed solutions. This guide will assist you in identifying priority areas for review, key concepts, and essential topics to focus on as you prepare for the exam. It also offers an overview of the exam format and content expectations.

The aim of this course is to provide students with an advanced understanding, both theoretically and empirically, of some major aspects of corporate finance. Specifically, using the concepts and analytical tools learned in Finance 1 and Finance 2, the course introduces theories of capital structure and the mechanics of their implementation. It also covers special topics such as corporate governance and the real options approach to project valuation. After completing this course, students are expected to gain insights that are both academically significant and practically relevant to the key factors influencing the financing decisions of a typical financial manager.

By the end of the course, students will be able to: (1) evaluate different theories of capital structure, both in the context of perfect capital markets and under market imperfections; (2) understand the sources, consequences, and possible remedies for information asymmetries and agency conflicts in a corporation; (3) analyse the role of different sources of corporate financing, including short-term and long-term, equity and debt; and (4) understand the concept and various aspects of corporate governance.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME
ACCFIN1001	Introduction to Business Reporting and Financial Accounting
ACCFIN1003	Finance 1
ACCFIN1004	Financial Accounting 1
ACCFIN1006	Introduction to Management Accounting and Control
ACCFIN1016	Introduction to Finance, Investments and Institutions
ACCFIN2002	Finance 2
ACCFIN2003	Financial Accounting 2
ACCFIN2018	Statistical Analysis and Methods
ACCFIN4010	Capital Markets and Portfolio Management
ACCFIN4040	Derivative Securities
ACCFIN4070	Corporate Finance
ACCFIN4079	Econometric Methods for Accounting and Finance
ACCFIN4081	Financial Management
ECON1001	Economics 1A
ECON1002	Economics 1B
ECON2001	Economics 2A
ECON2002	Economics 2B
ECON4003	Econometrics 1: Introduction to Econometrics
ECON4004	Econometrics 2: Multiple Regression and Applications
MGT1025	Current Topics in Marketing

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