Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice - Couverture rigide

Chavas, Jean-Paul

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0121706214 ISBN 13 : 9780121706210

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 2004

Synopsis

The objective of Risk Analysis in Theory and Practice 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 assessment. This allows us to measure risk in a fashion that can be communicated among decision makers or researchers. Second, risk preferences are now better understood. This provides useful insights into the economic rationality of decision making under uncertainty. Third, over the last decades, good insights have been developed about the value of information. This helps better understand the role of information in human decision making and this book provides a systematic treatment of these issues in the context of both private and public decisions under uncertainty.

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By Jean-Paul Chavas

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0121706214
• ISBN 13: 9780121706210
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 247
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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