The objective of this course is to develop the basic microeconomic models for risk and insurance with setting that economic agents are faced with uncertainty. The main topics include decision making under uncertainty, insurance demand, adverse selection, moral hazard, and insurance company operations. The models and cases discussed in this course are adaptable to many situations in finance and economics, but with an emphasis on insurance markets as means of transferring risk and wealth.

The objective of this course is to develop the basic microeconomic models for risk and insurance with setting that economic agents are faced with uncertainty. The main topics include decision making under uncertainty, insurance demand, adverse selection, moral hazard, and insurance company operations. The models and cases discussed in this course are adaptable to many situations in finance and economics, but with an emphasis on insurance markets as means of transferring risk and wealth.

本課程將從多國籍企業的觀點切入觀測全球化產業整合與發展，並從政治、法律、財經、科技以及自然災害等環境的風險，討論多國籍企業經營所面臨風險，並分析國際經濟組織、金融機構整合、全球產壽險產業結構、各國保險監理與兩岸三地風險管理等各層面議題。

This course will look into the integration and development of globalized industry from the perspectives of multiple national enterprises, and discuss the risks faced by various national enterprises from politics, law, finance, science and technology, and natural disasters. It will also analyze various topics such as international economic organizations, financial institutions integration, global industry structure, national insurance supervision and risk management in the two-strait and three places.

G. Rejda,Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, 11th ed., 2011. (GR)
D. Bradford, The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, 1998, .(B)
E. Altman and I. Vanderhoof, The Financial Dynamics of the Insurance Industry, 1995, (AV).
O. Shy, Industrial Organization, 1995, MIT Press. (S)

G. Rejda,Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, 11th ed., 2011. (GR)
D. Bradford, The Economics of Property-Casualty Insurance, 1998, .(B)
E. Altman and I. Vanderhoof, The Financial Dynamics of the Insurance Industry, 1995, (AV).
O. Shy, Industrial Organization, 1995, MIT Press. (S)