Economics

This course provides fundamental knowledge on microeconomics with policy applications and implications considered. Some rudimentary mathematics (basic mathematical graphs/diagrams) are used, and students are required to understand theories by drawing relevant graphs/diagrams.　
　
Course lectures provide essential notions and theories followed by practical sessions follow. The course also includes several topics on behavioral economics. 
 

Using the European Union as an example, this course defines regional economic integration and examines the EU's economic challenges and policy responses.

This course explores inequality, labor policy, education, and gender in Japan while seeking to undersstand issues in the Japanese labor market and problems related to inequality. 

Course prerequisites: Intermediate/advanced microeconomics and econometrics. 

This course provides essential financial management, corporate finance and investment knowledge. The course covers basic corporate structure, capital budgeting, CAPM, efficient market hypothesis and corporate decisions on leverage and payout. 

Finance is the study of mechanisms on asset transactions, risk management, and investment decisions. After reviewing the basics about financial markets, such as who trades what instruments and how they trade the instruments, this course covers the major finance theories, such as mean-variance portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model (CAPM), arbitrage pricing theory, multi-factor models of risk and return, and efficient market hypothesis. The course also investigates several empirical studies for understanding whether the existing theories can explain the reality of the markets.

Students complete an internship with a local organization or company. Each placement includes oversight and regular check-ins with an internship supervisor from the company or organization. The Internship Methodology Seminar accompanies the internship placement and offers a platform for reflection, enhancement of skills, and development of cultural competence. It focuses on practical skill application, cultural understanding, and adaptability within professional environments to provide a bridge between academic learning and real-world experience.

This course discusses global health and health systems reforms in the Asia-Pacific Region. Africa, and OECD countries. The course also examines the financing, policy evaluation, and providing aspect of healthcare services. Key topics include health policy synthesis and evaluation; public policies reform addressing low birth rates; progress toward universal health coverage assessment; planetary health; multi-country data analysis; equity in health and social exclusion, and innovations in health financing system. The course emphasizes hands-on learning through extensive use of Microsoft Excel and statistical software package R.

Course Prerequisites: The course assumes basic knowledge of statistics. However, for those without prior experience, the course provides support to build a strong foundation in data analysis, statistical concepts, and the use of the R software package.

This course examines modern literature on exchange rate markets, exchange rate determination and the implications of exchange rate movements for various economic issues. Students will gain an understanding of why exchange rates change, of financial market arrangements, and of the reasons for, and implications of, recent events in international financial markets.

This course provides methodological tools and applies them to case-based analysis of real-world problems. This training equips students with practical skills and critical thinking useful for future careers such as consulting in applied economics or other related professions in industry requiring data analysis. Successful completion of the course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the process involved with a case-based investigation in business economics. This includes defining the problem at the start of a case, identifying potential solutions, applying empirical tools and statistical methods to conduct quantitative data analysis, as well as presenting the results. The course emphasizes data-driven analysis, but students are also expected to base this on economic principles and theoretical foundations. Statistical software (for example, Excel, R) are used for data analysis. The course consists of a mix of lectures and guided project work that culminates in a written assignment. The assignment is completed small groups, and students also present the content of their assignment at the end of the course.

This lecture course examines the interaction between capitalism and different forms of government. First, it introduces the discipline of political economy. In this connection, it examines the classical theories of the interaction between politics and markets. Then it focuses in more detail on how the economy affects politics, and how politics—in particular, political interests, institutions, and ideas--shape economic outcomes. It looks at both developed and developing countries, asking how economic growth and development is affected by politics. It concludes by considering the place of political economy in analyzing firms and markets.