Risk Assessment & Management

Most research about financial stability and sustainable growth focuses on the financial sector and macroeconomics and neglects the real sector, microeconomics and psychology issues. Real-sector and financial-sectors linkages are increasing and are a...

A fascinating discussion of the role played by fear in financial market panics. Professor Read demonstrates, in easy-to-understand terms, that rising market fear portends to major financial declines. He explains the science and the economics of fear and...

Practitioners in risk management are familiar with the use of the FHS (filtered historical simulation) to finding realistic simulations of security returns. This approach has become increasingly popular over the last fifteen years, as it is both flexible...

This book focuses on the impact of high-frequency data in forecasting market volatility and options price. New technologies have created opportunities to obtain better, faster, and more efficient datasets to explore financial market phenomena at the most...

With globalisation comes an increase in the threat from systemic risk. As national economies become more globally entwined many argue that insufficient attention is being given to systemic risk; a principal contributor to recent economic crises. Focusing...

The threat we face from high-stakes risk has never been higher. These challenges include environmental pollution, fragile financial systems and the threat of widespread geopolitical violence. This book suggests that a return to natural risk levels -...

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The latest research on measuring, managing and pricing financial risk. Three broad perspectives are considered: financial risk in non-financial corporations; in financial intermediaries such as banks; and finally within the context of a portfolio of...

In light of recent financial crises, the role of investment funds is a recurring subject for discussion. Traditional methods must be adapted with the objective to strengthen scientific knowledge of investment funds. This book provides new insights, ideas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931332170Author James A GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Rothstein Associates Inc.Publisher Rothstein Associates Inc.Weight(grams) 537g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781964431017Author Michael LinesFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Michael LinesPublisher Michael LinesWeight(grams) 227g

Capital Requirements, Disclosure, and Supervision in the European Insurance Industry provides an in-depth analysis of Solvency II's issues by combining both a theoretical approach and evidence of the empirical implications and effects on the European...

Recent large-scale corporate collapses, such as Lehman Brothers, Enron, Worldcom, and Parmalat, highlight the implosion of traditional models of fraud prevention. By focusing on risk factors at the micro level, they have failed to take into account the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554890972Author John J ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Multi-Media Publications IncPublisher Multi-Media Publications IncWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736537374Author Ken BinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint ACM Risk SciencesPublisher ACM Risk SciencesWeight(grams) 213g

This book presents new approaches to fixed income modeling and portfolio management techniques. Taking into account the latest mathematical and econometric developments in finance, it analyzes the hedging securities and structured instruments that are...

Examining the negative consequences that arise from supply chain risks, this book systematically explores firms’ responses to these risks in different situations. In particular, it focuses on sourcing strategies of firms under supply chain risks and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951171100Author Bruce Oliver NewsomeFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint PerseublishingPublisher PerseublishingWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632404534Author Brian HurleyFormat HardbackImprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 603g

Tillmann C. Lauk discusses law-making at the European level and argues that problems with EU legislation, banking regulation and currency debasement are due to a lack of democratic control. He insists on the need for radical reform both of banking and of...

This book is an examination of the sovereign risk and debt limit issues facing the Eurozone (crisis/post crisis) and the need for alternative mechanisms to fund the capital investment requirements of the region.Book InformationISBN 9781349482733Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844010028Author Graham LangmeadFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 177g

Incorporating an accurate measure of risk is important to the appraisal of an international investment. This book examines and recommends how decisions on international investment projects are made. Critiquing and integrating existing theory, it shows...

Some of the major industrial disasters could have been prevented. When the facts of what happened are established, their stories share a common thread: before things spiralled out of control, there were workers at the affected sites who knew that the...

The latest scholarly developments in research on banking, financial markets, and the recent financial crisis. This selection of papers were presented at the Wolpertinger Conference held in Valletta, Malta, 2012 and provide insights into bank performance,...

This book focuses on discussing the issues of rating scheme design and risk aggregation of risk matrix, which is a popular risk assessment tool in many fields. Although risk matrix is usually treated as qualitative tool, this book conducts the analysis...

Air accidents and disasters are often attributed to 'pilot error'. The author argues that such 'blamism' may obscure the underlying cause(s) of a disaster, as errors can also be induced through bad design, poor training, unrealistic rosters, sub-standard...

How might one determine if a financial institution is taking risk in a balanced and productive manner? A powerful tool to address this question is economic capital, which is a model-based measure of the amount of equity that an entity must hold to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836412612Author Maria KavaliovaFormat PaperbackImprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 204g

Yield management has always been considered a teclinique for large companies, whether these be airlines, railroad, car rental or hotel companies. Its application to the small and medium sized businesses that characterise the tourism industry in many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545636237Author Michael A CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Mill City Press, Inc.Publisher Mill City Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738008803Author Ian MessengerFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Sherman PressPublisher Sherman PressWeight(grams) 404g

As drivers of climate action enter the fourth decade of what has become a multi-stage race, Net Zero has emerged as the dominant organizing principle. Hundreds of corporations and investors worldwide, together responsible for assets in the tens of...

This book focuses on the impact of high-frequency data in forecasting market volatility and options price. New technologies have created opportunities to obtain better, faster, and more efficient datasets to explore financial market phenomena at the most...

This book provides an end-to-end view of revenue management in the hospitality industry. The book highlights the origins of hotel reservations systems and revenue management, challenges unique to hotels, revenue management models, new generation...

This book provides an end-to-end view of revenue management in the hospitality industry. The book highlights the origins of hotel reservations systems and revenue management, challenges unique to hotels, revenue management models, new generation...

Intangible, invisible and worth trillions, risk is everywhere. Its quantification and management are key to the success and failure of individuals, businesses and governments. Whether you’re an interested observer or pursuing a career in risk, this book...

This book proposes new methods to build optimal portfolios and to analyze market liquidity and volatility under market microstructure effects, as well as new financial risk measures using parametric and non-parametric techniques. In particular, it...

The financial crisis of 2008 is probably the single most important economic event in post-war history. Macroprudential policy is the response to that crisis - a determined attempt to stabilize the financial system. This book explains why it is necessary,...

This book focuses on two central aspects of the risk managing process, namely 1. how managers (can and do) assess developments in the external risk environment and deal with them, and 2. analysing the effects of risk management and different managerial...