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Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice
1st Edition - June 4, 2004
Author: Jean-Paul Chavas
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780121706210
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eBook ISBN:9780080516332
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The objective of Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice 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. How do we make decisions when we do not know some of events affecting us? The complexities of our uncertain world and of how humans obtain and process information make this difficult. In spite of these difficulties, much progress has been made. First, probability theory is the corner stone of risk assessment. This allows us to measure risk in a fashion that can be communicated among decision makers or researchers. Second, risk preferences are now better understood. This provides useful insights into the economic rationality of decision making under uncertainty. Third, over the last decades, good insights have been developed about the value of information. This helps better understand the role of information in human decision making and this book provides a systematic treatment of these issues in the context of both private and public decisions under uncertainty.
Balanced treatment of conceptual models and applied analysis
Considers both private and public decisions under uncertainty
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Table of Content
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Measurement of Risk Chapter 3: The Expected Utility Model Chapter 4: 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: Some Applications Chapter 13: Market Stabilization Appendix A: Probability and Statistics Appendix B: Optimization
No. of pages: 247
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 4, 2004
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780121706210
eBook ISBN: 9780080516332
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Jean-Paul Chavas
Affiliations and expertise
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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