在經濟系教一年級數學並不容易,因為文科出身的學生不會無條件接受數學的重要性。上星期有學生問matrix transpose有何用,今個星期就有另一名學生就determinant問同一個問題。我記憶之中,自己在數學系上課時從來都沒有學生會問這樣的問題。
Teaching a first-year mathematics course offered by the economics department is not easy, because students will not unconditionally accept the usefulness of mathematics. This is particularly true for students with an arts background. I had, for example, received questions doubting the usefulness of matrix transpose and determinant. I have never heard of such questions back when I took similar classes from the mathematics department.
Category Archives: Political Economy
Bloomberg Workshop
終於搞得成。#Bloomberg
First Bloomberg workshop for CUHK economics majors.
蔗渣價錢燒鵝味道
#中大經濟 雖然無一個固定嘅trading lab(金融交易實驗室),但係為咗畀同學一個理想嘅學習環境,學系嘅會議室聽日早上會化身成一個臨時嘅trading lab,屆時將有Bloomberg嘅代表講解Bloomberg terminal嘅使用方法。一年級嘅同學必須出席,高年班亦可以參加。
A make-shift trading lab in the Department’s conference room.
日期:9月29日
時間:9:30-11:15am
地點:SB LT2 (廣東話)ELB 918 (英文)
我在某間大型保險公司選購定期人壽保險時發現一個有趣現象:增加保額的邊際差價原來可以時上時落,最高和最低相差超過一倍。最特別是買300萬保額竟然比買250萬便宜!
如果這現象背後是有著精算的考慮,那會是因為300萬的人有著過人之處?還是受到某些政策的影響?
While I am shopping for term life insurance I have discovered that pricing can be non-monotonic. In the case illustrated below, the price of getting 3 million coverage is actually lower than that of 2.5 million. What is the actuarial logic behind this phenomenon?
Bloomberg有得用啦!
隆重宣布 #中大經濟 嘅 #Bloomberg Terminals 正式投入服務啦! 由即日起同學可以24/7全天候使用 ELB909 #數據分析實驗室 嘅三部機。記得喺登入介面整一個新帳戶俾自己。
The Department’s Bloomberg terminals are now in service!