The fat tail : the power of political knowledge in an uncertain world / Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bremmer, Ian, 1969-

Contributor:

Keat, Preston.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk management--Political aspects.

Risk management.

Investments--Political aspects.

Investments.

Country risk--Management.

Country risk.

Political stability--Evaluation.

Political stability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat reveal in this innovative book, volatile political events such as the 2008 Georgia-Russia confrontation--and their catastrophic effects on business--happen much more frequently than investors imagine. On the curve that charts both the frequency of these events and the power of their impact, the ""tail"" of extreme political instability is not reassuringly thin but dangerously fat. Featuring a new Foreword that accounts for the cataclysmic effects of the 2008 financial crisis, The Fat Tail is the first book to both identify the wide range of political risks that

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Dealing with Uncertainty; 3 Geopolitics; 4 Political Risk and Capital Markets; 5 Domestic Instability-Revolution, Civil War, State Failure; 6 Terrorism; 7 Expropriation; 8 Regulatory Risk; 9 Reporting and Warning; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-53487-4

9786612534874

0-19-975080-7

OCLC:

609861622