At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty [and others]
| At war with the weather : managing large-scale risks in a new era of catastrophes / / Howard C. Kunreuther and Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan with Neil A. Doherty [and others] |
| Autore | Kunreuther Howard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
| Disciplina | 368.1/2200973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Michel-KerjanErwann
DohertyNeil A |
| Soggetto topico |
Disaster insurance - United States
Emergency management - United States Risk management - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics |
| ISBN |
0-262-29152-5
1-282-24027-7 9786612240270 0-262-25543-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I Cause for Concern; 1 A New Era of Catastrophes; 2 Catastrophe Risk and the Regulation of Property Insurance; 3 A Market Analysis of Property Insurance against Hurricane Risk; 4 Come Rain or Shine; II Understanding the Demand and Supply of Disaster Insurance; 5 Homeowners' Decision Making for Purchasing Insurance Coverage; 6 Private Insurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 7 Private Reinsurers' Decision Making for Supplying Coverage; 8 Innovative Insurance-Linked Securities for Financing Extreme Events
9 A Framework for Linking Supply and Demand of Disaster Insurance10 A Multistate Empirical Analysis of Homeowners' Insurance; III Protecting Homeowners Against Natural Disasters; 11 Impact of Insurance Status on Economic Welfare of Homeowners in Hazard-Prone Areas; 12 Enhancing the Implementation of Risk Reduction Measures; 13 Policy Analysis of Alternative Programs; IV Creating Innovative Solutions; 14 Proposed Innovations for Dealing with Catastrophic Risks; 15 Winning the War against the Weather and Other Extreme Events; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; References Study Directors and Other Lead AuthorsIndex |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778066203321 |
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The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management [[electronic resource] ] : measurement and theory advancing practice / / Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, editors
| The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management [[electronic resource] ] : measurement and theory advancing practice / / Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, editors |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15/5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DieboldFrancis X. <1959->
DohertyNeil A HerringRichard |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial risk management
Risk management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-53981-0
9786613852267 1-4008-3528-3 |
| Classificazione | QK 600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Risk : a decision maker's perspective / Clive W.J. Granger -- Mild vs. wild randomness : focusing on those risks that matter / Benoit B. Mandelbrot and Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- The term structure of risk, the role of known and unknown risks, and nonstationary distributions / Riccardo Colacito and Robert F. Engle -- Crisis and noncrisis risk in financial markets : a unified approach to risk management / Robert H. Litzenberger and David M. Modest -- What we know, don't know, and can't know about bank risk : a view from the trenches / Andrew Kuritzkes and Til Schuermann -- Real estate through the ages : the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Ashok Bardhan and Robert H. Edelstein -- Reflections on decision-making under uncertainty / Paul R. Kleindorfer -- On the role of insurance brokers in resolving the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Neil A. Doherty and Alexander Muermann -- Insuring against catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther and Mark V. Pauly -- Managing increased capital markets intensity : the chief financial officer's role in navigating the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Charles N. Bralver and Daniel Borge -- The role of corporate governance in coping with risk and unknowns / Kenneth E. Scott -- Domestic banking problems / Charles A.E. Goodhart -- Crisis management : the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Donald L. Kohn -- Investing in the unknown and unknowable / Richard J. Zeckhauser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462128903321 |
| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2010 | ||
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The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management [[electronic resource] ] : measurement and theory advancing practice / / Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, editors
| The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management [[electronic resource] ] : measurement and theory advancing practice / / Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, editors |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15/5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DieboldFrancis X. <1959->
DohertyNeil A HerringRichard |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial risk management
Risk management |
| ISBN |
1-283-53981-0
9786613852267 1-4008-3528-3 |
| Classificazione | QK 600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Risk : a decision maker's perspective / Clive W.J. Granger -- Mild vs. wild randomness : focusing on those risks that matter / Benoit B. Mandelbrot and Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- The term structure of risk, the role of known and unknown risks, and nonstationary distributions / Riccardo Colacito and Robert F. Engle -- Crisis and noncrisis risk in financial markets : a unified approach to risk management / Robert H. Litzenberger and David M. Modest -- What we know, don't know, and can't know about bank risk : a view from the trenches / Andrew Kuritzkes and Til Schuermann -- Real estate through the ages : the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Ashok Bardhan and Robert H. Edelstein -- Reflections on decision-making under uncertainty / Paul R. Kleindorfer -- On the role of insurance brokers in resolving the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Neil A. Doherty and Alexander Muermann -- Insuring against catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther and Mark V. Pauly -- Managing increased capital markets intensity : the chief financial officer's role in navigating the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Charles N. Bralver and Daniel Borge -- The role of corporate governance in coping with risk and unknowns / Kenneth E. Scott -- Domestic banking problems / Charles A.E. Goodhart -- Crisis management : the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Donald L. Kohn -- Investing in the unknown and unknowable / Richard J. Zeckhauser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785639903321 |
| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management : measurement and theory advancing practice / / Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, editors
| The known, the unknown, and the unknowable in financial risk management : measurement and theory advancing practice / / Francis X. Diebold, Neil A. Doherty, Richard J. Herring, editors |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.15/5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DieboldFrancis X. <1959->
DohertyNeil A HerringRichard |
| Soggetto topico |
Financial risk management
Risk management |
| ISBN |
9786613852267
9781283539814 1283539810 9781400835287 1400835283 |
| Classificazione | QK 600 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Risk : a decision maker's perspective / Clive W.J. Granger -- Mild vs. wild randomness : focusing on those risks that matter / Benoit B. Mandelbrot and Nassim Nicholas Taleb -- The term structure of risk, the role of known and unknown risks, and nonstationary distributions / Riccardo Colacito and Robert F. Engle -- Crisis and noncrisis risk in financial markets : a unified approach to risk management / Robert H. Litzenberger and David M. Modest -- What we know, don't know, and can't know about bank risk : a view from the trenches / Andrew Kuritzkes and Til Schuermann -- Real estate through the ages : the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Ashok Bardhan and Robert H. Edelstein -- Reflections on decision-making under uncertainty / Paul R. Kleindorfer -- On the role of insurance brokers in resolving the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Neil A. Doherty and Alexander Muermann -- Insuring against catastrophes / Howard Kunreuther and Mark V. Pauly -- Managing increased capital markets intensity : the chief financial officer's role in navigating the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Charles N. Bralver and Daniel Borge -- The role of corporate governance in coping with risk and unknowns / Kenneth E. Scott -- Domestic banking problems / Charles A.E. Goodhart -- Crisis management : the known, the unknown, and the unknowable / Donald L. Kohn -- Investing in the unknown and unknowable / Richard J. Zeckhauser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972224103321 |
| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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