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The business of risk /

Risk pervades virtually all areas of human endeavour, whether these endeavours be for social, personal, commercial or national purposes. It is vitally important for all those involved in decision making in these areas to know how to evaluate the risks involved in any action if choices are to be made...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, P. G. (Peter Gerald), 1928-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The determination of probabilities
  • 3. Subjective risk determination
  • 4. Calibration and training
  • 5. The concept of utility
  • 6. Project investment risks
  • 7. Risk and financial institutions
  • 8. Risk and portfolio investment
  • 9. Gambling and speculation
  • 10. Physical risk and its perception
  • 11. Morbidity and medicine
  • 12. Risk in public policy
  • Appendices
  • Exercises.