Stalking the black swan : research and decision making in a world of extreme volatility
by
Posner, Kenneth A.
Title
:
Stalking the black swan : research and decision making in a world of extreme volatility
Author
:
Posner, Kenneth A.
ISBN
:
9780231150484
9780231521673
Personal Author
:
Posner, Kenneth A.
Publication Information
:
New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
:
xv, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Columbia Business School Publishing
Contents
:
Forecasting in extreme environments -- Thinking in probabilities -- The balance between overconfidence and underconfidence, and the special risk of complex modeling -- Fighting information overload with strategy -- Making decisions in real time: how to react to new information without falling victim to cognitive dissonance -- Mitigating information asymmetry -- Mapping from simple ideas to complex analysis -- The power and pitfalls of Monte Carlo modeling -- Judgment.
Subject Term
:
Investment analysis.
Investments -- Forecasting.
Business cycles.
Recessions.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025447497 | 332.632042 P855S 2010 | 1 |