Risk Management : Value at Risk and Beyond
โ Scribed by M A H Dempster
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 290
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Some of the leading figures in risk management examine the complex issues governing the stability of the global financial system. Chapters present a mix of theory and practice, from axiomatics, measurement and extreme value theory to operational, credit and market risk. Essential reading for all involved in financial risk management.
โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Contributors; Introduction; Quantifying the Risks of Trading; Value at Risk Analysis of a Leveraged Swap; Stress Testing in a Value at Risk Framework; Dynamic Portfolio Replication Using Stochastic Programming; Credit and Interest Rate Risk; Coherent Measures of Risk; Correlation and Dependence in Risk Management: Properties and Pitfalls; Measuring Risk with Extreme Value Theory; Extremes in Operational Risk Management.
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