30630 - QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR GLOBAL JURISTS
Department of Decision Sciences
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 28
Course Director:
MAURO D'AMICO
MAURO D'AMICO
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
The main target of the Quantitative Analysis course is to understand the importance in the use of quantitative tools coherent and useful for lawyers, in order to make decisions. The course gives the basic and necessary knowledge about the correct application of different quantitative procedures.
CONTENT SUMMARY
- Elementary financial mathematics
- Basic notions of probability calculus
- Investments and loans evaluations
- Financial derivatives
- Discrete pricing model for options
- Mathematic and accounting
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
The main knowledge topics of the course will refer to:
- Understanding which economic or financial variables are important in a decision problem.
- Explaining the right procedurs to apply to answer a decision problem.
- Identifying different ways to solve a decision problem and understanding which one can give the best answer.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course student will be able to...
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- move amounts of money back and forth in time using different financial mathematics models.
- mvaluate the price of non-quoted shares using different assumptions about share dividends.
- find and justify the fair price of a financial derivative.
- build and interpret different ratios from the balance sheet.
Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Practical Exercises
- Individual works / Assignments
- Collaborative Works / Assignments
DETAILS
Practical exercises are coherent with the programme and will help students to better understand the theory in practical situations. Assignments (individual and collaborative) are applications of the quantitative analysis to real-life decision problems.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING STUDENTS
The final grade is determined as follows: active class partecipation (10% final grade), assignments (30% final grade) and general exam (60% final grade). The general exam consists of open and/or closed questions.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
The final grade is determined by a general exam. The general exam consists of open and/or closed questions.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Slide Sets
- Exercises
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