Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The determination of probabilities
- 3 Subjective risk determination
- 4 Calibration and training
- 5 The concept of utility
- 6 Project investment risks
- 7 Risk and financial institutions
- 8 Risk and portfolio investment
- 9 Gambling and speculation
- 10 Physical risk and its perception
- 11 Morbidity and medicine
- 12 Risk in public policy
- Appendix A Handling probabilities
- Appendix B Decision-making procedures
- Appendix C Reduction of risks
- Exercises
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The determination of probabilities
- 3 Subjective risk determination
- 4 Calibration and training
- 5 The concept of utility
- 6 Project investment risks
- 7 Risk and financial institutions
- 8 Risk and portfolio investment
- 9 Gambling and speculation
- 10 Physical risk and its perception
- 11 Morbidity and medicine
- 12 Risk in public policy
- Appendix A Handling probabilities
- Appendix B Decision-making procedures
- Appendix C Reduction of risks
- Exercises
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Chapter
- Information
- The Business of Risk , pp. 234 - 240Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1983