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Course Outlines

Fall 2019 - ACMA 490 D100

Selected Topics in Actuarial Science (3)

Stochastic Models of Retirement Income

Class Number: 4384

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 10, 2019
    Tue, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Barbara Sanders
    bsanders@sfu.ca
    778 782-9074
    Office: SC-K10554

  • Prerequisites:

    Dependent on the topic covered.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The topics included in this course will vary from term to term depending on faculty availability and student interest.

COURSE DETAILS:

Course Title: Stochastic Models of Retirement Income

Pre-requisties: Permission of the instructor.

Course Outline:

This course examines models for decision-making in the presence of uncertainty, with a special interest in decisions involved in planning for income in retirement. Topics covered include:

1.General theory of economic and financial decisions under risk

  •    Utility, risk aversion, and decision theory
  •    Risk management: portfolio choice, consumption and saving, optimal insurance
  •    Risk sharing: centralized and decentralized models for the efficient allocation of risks
2.Applications in the context of retirement income
  •    Individual savings decisions
  •    Risk transfers and guarantees
  •    Risk sharing in collective retirement arrangements

Grading

  • Assignments, presentations, project 50%
  • Exam 50%

NOTES:

Above grading is subject to change.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Eeckhoudt, L., Gollier, C., and Schlesinger, H. (2005). Economic and Financial Decisions under Risk. Princeton University Press.

Additional weekly readings will be distributed via Canvas.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with Disabilites:
Students requiring accommodations as a result of disability must contact the Centre for Accessible Learning 778-782-3112 or csdo@sfu.ca


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