Risk Management in Turbulent Times

Risk Management in Turbulent Times

Hardback (05 Aug 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The subprime crisis has shown that the sophisticated risk management models used by banks and insurance companies had serious flaws. Some people even suggest that these models are completely useless. Others claim that the crisis was just an unpredictable accident that was largely amplified by the lack of expertise and even naivety of many investors. This book takes the middle view. It shows that these models have been designed for "tranquil times", when financial markets behave smoothly and efficiently. However, we are living in more and more "turbulent times": large risks materialize much more often than predicted by "normal" models, financial models periodically go through bubbles and crashes. Moreover, financial risks result from the decisions of economic actors who can have incentives to take excessive risks, especially when their remunerations are ill designed. The book provides a clear account of the fundamental hypotheses underlying the most popular models of risk management and show that these hypotheses are flawed. However it shows that simple models can still be useful, provided they are well understood and used with caution.

Book information

ISBN: 9780199774081
Publisher: OUP USA
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 658.155
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 212
Weight: 468g
Height: 238mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 18mm