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

• Autore: Bremmer Ian <1969->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.6
• Soggetto topico: Risk management - Political aspects; Investments - Political aspects; Country risk - Management; Political stability - Evaluation
• Altri autori: KeatPreston
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The fat tail
• ISBN: 1-282-53487-4; 9786612534874; 0-19-975080-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792353703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II