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Economic and Financial Decisions Under Risk
Louis Eeckhoudt
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Description for Economic and Financial Decisions Under Risk
Paperback. The book presents a thoroughly accessible introduction to risk, bridging the gap between the traditionally separate economics and finance literatures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
An understanding of risk and how to deal with it is an essential part of modern economics. Whether liability litigation for pharmaceutical firms or an individual's having insufficient wealth to retire, risk is something that can be recognized, quantified, analyzed, treated--and incorporated into our decision-making processes. This book represents a concise summary of basic multiperiod decision-making under risk. Its detailed coverage of a broad range of topics is ideally suited for use in advanced undergraduate and introductory graduate courses either as a self-contained text, or the introductory chapters combined with a selection of later chapters can represent core reading in ... Read more
An understanding of risk and how to deal with it is an essential part of modern economics. Whether liability litigation for pharmaceutical firms or an individual's having insufficient wealth to retire, risk is something that can be recognized, quantified, analyzed, treated--and incorporated into our decision-making processes. This book represents a concise summary of basic multiperiod decision-making under risk. Its detailed coverage of a broad range of topics is ideally suited for use in advanced undergraduate and introductory graduate courses either as a self-contained text, or the introductory chapters combined with a selection of later chapters can represent core reading in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691122151
SKU
V9780691122151
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99-1
About Louis Eeckhoudt
Louis Eeckhoudt is Professor of Economics at the Catholic Faculties of Mons (Belgium) and Lille (France) and Associate Member of the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Christian Gollier is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse and a Research Fellow at CESifo, a joint venture of the University of Munich's Center for Economic Studies (CES) ... Read more
Reviews for Economic and Financial Decisions Under Risk
Winner of the 2007 Kulp-Wright Book Award, American Risk and Insurance Association "This delightful little book is aimed at advanced undergraduate and first year graduate students who need to learn about modeling risk... It contains deep and insightful discussions about all the topics under consideration."
Tapen Sinha, Journal of Risk and Insurance
Tapen Sinha, Journal of Risk and Insurance