Subject: Climate Change Risk in the Financial Sector: Sustainable Finance.

Professor: Michel Canta Terrones, Ph.D. in economics from McGill University of Montreal.

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Summary: This course focuses on the latest developments in measuring, estimating, and managing climate change risk in financial institutions, using the quantitative techniques employed for this purpose. It will review the effects of climate change on the economy, its taxonomy of physical and transition risks, how banks and insurance companies measure climate change risk, stress testing, the effects on investment practices from both micro and macroeconomic perspectives, and the valuation of key sustainable finance instruments, such as green bonds. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a solid understanding of the latest developments in this area of finance and their impact on the investment and credit policies of financial intermediaries.

Subject: Applied Business Analytics for Decision Making.

Professor: Wilder Ramirez, Master at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.

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Summary: This module aims to provide students with a practical and focused introduction to key Business Analytics tools, enabling them to structure, analyze, and solve real-world business problems. Throughout the sessions, fundamental concepts will be explored, and analytical techniques will be applied in key areas such as optimization, decision-making under uncertainty, scenario simulation, and predictive analytics. By the end of the module, students will be able to use these tools to solve business problems, contributing to informed, data-driven decision-making.

Subject: Behavioral Economics.

Professor: Martín Paredes, Ph.D. Economics at New York University (NYU).

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Summary:

In this course, we will introduce behavioral economics, one of the most recently developed fields in economics. Behavioral economics is a branch of economics that seeks to enrich economic theory models with evidence from psychology and other social sciences by incorporating limits to rationality, willpower, and self-interest. In other words, it studies the effects of cognitive biases on the behavior of various economic agents (consumers, producers, entrepreneurs, workers, investors, among others), and therefore on the functioning of the economy as a whole.

We will also review some topics in experimental economics, which is the most widely used methodology in behavioral economics. Experimental economics is the application of the experimental method to economics, allowing for the generation of data under controlled conditions. In other words, experimental economics is an empirical tool that supports all branches of economics, as it bridges the gap between theory and practice, enabling the establishment of causal relationships and the testing of various theoretical models. In this sense, it can be used in private or public companies or institutions in circumstances where obtaining data is not possible.

Subject: Competition Policies, Theory and Practice.

Professor: Javier Coronado, PhD in Economics at Pompeu Fabra University.

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Summary: This presentation will cover recent developments in competition policy in Peru, with an emphasis on the theory and application of anti-collusion measures and merger control policies. The debate surrounding the application of these policies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic will be discussed.