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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821095003321

Autore

Bremmer Ian <1969->

Titolo

The fat tail : the power of political knowledge in an uncertain world / / Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010, c2009

ISBN

1-282-53487-4

9786612534874

0-19-975080-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KeatPreston

Disciplina

332.6

Soggetti

Risk management - Political aspects

Investments - Political aspects

Country risk - Management

Political stability - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Dealing with Uncertainty; 3 Geopolitics; 4 Political Risk and Capital Markets; 5 Domestic Instability-Revolution, Civil War, State Failure; 6 Terrorism; 7 Expropriation; 8 Regulatory Risk; 9 Reporting and Warning; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat reveal in this innovative book, volatile political events such as the 2008 Georgia-Russia confrontation--and their catastrophic effects on business--happen much more frequently than investors imagine. On the curve that charts both the frequency of these events and the power of their impact, the ""tail"" of extreme political instability is not reassuringly thin but dangerously fat. Featuring a new Foreword that accounts for the cataclysmic effects of the 2008 financial crisis, The Fat Tail is the first book to both identify the wide range of political risks that