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The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management : measurement and theory advancing practice /

A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most widely used measure in finance today--Value at Risk, or VaR--reduces these risks to a single number, creating a false sense of security among risk...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Diebold, Francis X., 1959-, Doherty, Neil A., Herring, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most widely used measure in finance today--Value at Risk, or VaR--reduces these risks to a single number, creating a false sense of security among risk managers, executives, and regulators. This book introduces a more realistic and holistic framework called KuU--the Known, the unknown, and the Unknowable--that enables one to conceptualize the different kinds of financial risks and design effective s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 380 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400835287
1400835283