LEADER 03442nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910458691703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-02822-3 010 $a9786611028220 010 $a0-08-051633-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364545 035 $a(EBL)226706 035 $a(OCoLC)467148486 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218326 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10222336 035 $a(PQKB)11344317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC226706 035 $a(PPN)170262456 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL226706 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128040 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL102822 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364545 100 $a20040217d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRisk analysis in theory and practice$b[electronic resource] /$fJean-Paul Chavas 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cElsevier/Butterworth Heinemann ;$aSan Diego, Calif. $cElsevier Academic Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aAcademic Press advanced finance series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4933-0025-3 311 $a0-12-170621-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Measurement of Risk; Chapter 3. The Expected Utility Model; Chapter 4. The Nature of 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. Contract and Policy Design Under Risk: Applications 327 $aChapter 13. Market StabilizationAppendix A: Probability and Statistics; Appendix B: Optimization; Index 330 $aThe objective of this book is to present this analytical framework and to illustrate how it can be used in the investigation of economic decisions under risk. In a sense, the economics of risk is a difficult subject: it involves understanding human decisions in the absence of perfect information. How do we make decisions when we do not know some of events affecting us? The complexities of our uncertain world and of how humans obtain and process information make this difficult. In spite of these difficulties, much progress has been made. First, probability theory is the corner stone of risk ass 410 0$aAcademic Press advanced finance series. 606 $aRisk$xEconometric models 606 $aUncertainty$xEconometric models 606 $aDecision making$xEconometric models 606 $aRisk$xEconometric models$vProblems, exercises, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRisk$xEconometric models. 615 0$aUncertainty$xEconometric models. 615 0$aDecision making$xEconometric models. 615 0$aRisk$xEconometric models 676 $a330/.01/5195 700 $aChavas$b Jean-Paul$089219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458691703321 996 $aRisk analysis in theory and practice$92144150 997 $aUNINA