Risk Management

Numbering Code G-ENG01 5F223 LE24 Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language English Day/Period Wed.3
Instructor name Cruz Ana Maria (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course The aim of the class is to provide the basic knowledge of risk management methods for various types of risks such as natural disaster, environment and natural resources in urban and rural areas. Students will learn the decision making principle under risks in Economics and asset pricing methods in Financial Engineering as well as have exercises of application on public project problems.
Course Goals It is targeted to understand 1) representative concepts of risk and risk management process, 2) expected utility theory and 3) foundation of Financial Engineering, and examine 4) public project problems by applying the above knowledge.
Schedule and Contents Basic framework of risk management,2times,1-1 Representative concept of risk1-2 Risk management technologies
Decision making theory under risks,3times,2-1 The Bayes' theorem2-2 The Expected utility theory
Financial engineering,6times,3-1 The Capital Asset Pricing Model3-2 Option pricing theory3-3 The arbitrage theorem3-4 The Black-Scholes formula
Decision making methods for projects,3times,4-1 The decision tree analysis4-2 The real option approach
Comprehension check,1time,5 Comprehension check
Evaluation Methods and Policy 20% of score is valuated on attendance and discussion in classes, and 80% on reports.
Course Requirements Fundamental understanding of probability
References, etc. 1.Ross, S.M.: An Elementary Introduction To Mathematical Finance, Cambridge University Press, 19992.Sullivan W.G.: Engineering Economy, Pearson, 2012
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