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.


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