Foundations of Risk Analysis: A Knowledge and Decision-Oriented Perspective by Terje Aven
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"Risk is at the very core of most decisions. This text beautifully explores the classical theory of choices under uncertainty including major applications and recent extensions. It combines usefulness, thoroughness, and clarity."
-- Christian Gollier, Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse
"This masterful book provides a rigorous, accessible and wide ranging treatment of the key concepts and tools."
Christopher B. Barrett, Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Book Description
A concise and practical guide to risk measurement and decisions under uncertainty
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"Risk is at the very core of most decisions. This text beautifully explores the classical theory of choices under uncertainty including major applications and recent extensions. It combines usefulness, thoroughness, and clarity."
-- Christian Gollier, Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse
"This masterful book provides a rigorous, accessible and wide ranging treatment of the key concepts and tools."
Christopher B. Barrett, Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Book Description
A concise and practical guide to risk measurement and decisions under uncertainty
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The economics of risk has been a fascinating area of inquiry for at least two reasons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
private risk bearing, partial relative risk aversion, marginal risk premium, incomplete risk markets, certainty equivalent principle, indirect objective function, downside risk exposure, distributable surplus, individual risk preferences, mutual fund theorem, utility frontier, expected utility model, risk loving behavior, relative risk premium, empirical tractability, marginal probability function, absolute risk aversion coefficient, relative risk aversion coefficient, risky events, decreasing absolute risk aversion, expected utility theorem, private wealth accumulation, increasing absolute risk aversion, constant absolute risk aversion, costless information Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Discrete Implementation, United States New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Surprise Me!
The economics of risk has been a fascinating area of inquiry for at least two reasons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
private risk bearing, partial relative risk aversion, marginal risk premium, incomplete risk markets, certainty equivalent principle, indirect objective function, downside risk exposure, distributable surplus, individual risk preferences, mutual fund theorem, utility frontier, expected utility model, risk loving behavior, relative risk premium, empirical tractability, marginal probability function, absolute risk aversion coefficient, relative risk aversion coefficient, risky events, decreasing absolute risk aversion, expected utility theorem, private wealth accumulation, increasing absolute risk aversion, constant absolute risk aversion, costless information Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Discrete Implementation, United States New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Surprise Me!