Risk analysis in theory and practice /

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The objective of this book is to present this analytical framework and to illustrate how it can be used in the investigation of economic decisions under risk. In a sense, the economics of risk is a difficult subject: it involves understanding human decisions in the absence of perfect information. Ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chavas, Jean-Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : San Diego : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann ; Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
Series:Academic Press advanced finance series.
Subjects:
Risk > Econometric models.
Uncertainty > Econometric models.
Decision making > Econometric models.
Risk > Econometric models > Problems, exercises, etc.
Risque > Modèles économétriques.
Incertitude > Modèles économétriques.
Prise de décision > Modèles économétriques.
Risque > Modèles économétriques > Problèmes et exercices.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Econometrics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Statistics.
Problems and exercises.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Measurement of Risk; Chapter 3. The Expected Utility Model; Chapter 4. The Nature of Risk Preferences; Chapter 5. Stochastic Dominance; Chapter 6. Mean-Variance Analysis; Chapter 7. Alternative Models of Risk Behavior; Chapter 8. Production Decisions Under Risk; Chapter 9. Portfolio Selection; Chapter 10. Dynamic Decisions Under Risk; Chapter 11. Contract and Policy Design Under Risk; Chapter 12. Contract and Policy Design Under Risk: Applications
  • Chapter 13. Market StabilizationAppendix A: Probability and Statistics; Appendix B: Optimization; Index

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