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The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable in Financial Risk Management: Measurement and Theory Advancing Practice
F (Ed)Et Al Diebold
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Hardback. 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 strategies for managing them. Editor(s): Diebold, Francis X.; Doherty, Neil A.; Herring, Richard J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 4 halftones. 31 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
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 K nown, the u nknown, and the U nknowable--that enables one to conceptualize the different kinds of financial risks and design effective strategies for managing them. Bringing together contributions by leaders in ... Read more
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 K nown, the u nknown, and the U nknowable--that enables one to conceptualize the different kinds of financial risks and design effective strategies for managing them. Bringing together contributions by leaders in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691128832
SKU
V9780691128832
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About F (Ed)Et Al Diebold
Francis X. Diebold is the Paul F. and E. Warren Shafer Miller Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and professor of finance and statistics at the university's Wharton School. Neil A. Doherty is the Frederick H. Ecker Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the Wharton School. Richard J. Herring is the Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking ... Read more
Reviews for The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable in Financial Risk Management: Measurement and Theory Advancing Practice
Winner of the 2012 Kulp-Wright Book Award, American Risk and Insurance Association Finalist for the 2010 Paul A. Samuelson Award, TIAA-CREF "It is a bold book, tackling both theory and practice and spanning the worlds of (among others) banking, insurance, real estate, and investment. It is also utterly engrossing... Although this book is most obviously addressed to risk managers and ... Read more