The course pursues the general objective of the course of study to provide knowledge and skills for executive functions in the economic-financial area of private and public companies. The course aims to provide the mathematical, statistical and computational tools necessary to solve financial problems, with particular reference to pricing and risk management. Alongside the study of the methodologies, space will be given to applications and operational aspects with the use of statistical software R. At the end of the course the student will possess knowledge and skills relating to the analysis of financial data observed over time and, moreover, to be in able to estimate and use models for financial series.