Publications

2013
Book

Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters

By: Walter A. Friedman

The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting And Prediction; Economic History; Economics; History; Risk and Uncertainty; United States

Purchase

December 1989
Article

Risk Aversion and the Relationship between Nash's Solution and Subgame Perfect Equilibrium of Sequential Bargaining

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Relationships; Negotiation

November 1991
Article

The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan

By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Price; United States; Japan

2004
Other Unpublished Work

Capital and Value of Risk Transfer: Presented at Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks (AFIR) Colloquium, Boston, MA, November

By: K. Froot, G. Venter and J. Major

Keywords: Capital; Risk and Uncertainty

July 2002
Article

Estimating and Controlling Workplace Risk: An Approach for Occupational Hygiene and Safety Professionals

By: Michael W. Toffel and Lawrence Birkner

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Labor; Safety

1981
Article

Marine Resources Management under Uncertainty: The Case of Eastern Spinner Dolphin Depletion

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Information

September 2004
Article

Estimating the Market Risk Premium

By: E. Scott Mayfield

Keywords: Markets; Risk and Uncertainty

Article

Risk Aversion in Bargaining: An Experimental Study

By: J. K. Murnighan, A. E. Roth and F. Schoumaker

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Information

1996
Chapter

Upside Opportunity and Downside Risk

By: Richard F. Meyer

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty

November 1994 (Revised August 1995)
Supplement

Canadian Airlines: Reservations About Its Future (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Duncan G. Copeland and Chris L Marshall

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Air Transportation Industry

1997
Article

Increasing Risk: Some Direct Constructions

By: John W. Pratt and Mark J. Machina

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty

1993
Article

Interest Rate Parity and the Exchange Risk Premium

By: E. S. Mayfield and R. Murphy

Keywords: Interest Rates; Risk and Uncertainty

May 22, 2023
Other Article

How to Manage Workforce Risk Amid Old Challenges, New Disruptions

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Michael Griffiths, Reem Janho, Michael Stephan, Carey Oven and Keri Calagna

C-suites and boards have an opportunity to improve management and expand governance of their workforce to mitigate related risks more effectively. View Details

Keywords: Employees; Risk and Uncertainty

July 2020
Article

Recovering the Logic of Double Effect for Business: Intentions, Proportionality, and Impermissible Harms

By: Rosemarie Monge and Nien-hê Hsieh

Business actors often act in ways that may harm other parties. While the law aims to restrict harmful behavior and to provide remedies, legal systems do not anticipate all contingencies and legal regulations are not always well enforced. This article argues that the... View Details

Keywords: Double Effect; Intention; Exploitation; Risk; Practical Ethics; Competition; Risk and Uncertainty; Ethics

2012
Book

Ernest Shackleton, Exploring Leadership

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Broadly speaking, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton was not successful; he never achieved any of the goals he originally set for himself. But when confronted with crushing adversity, he inspired his crew to work together to survive against incredible odds. While... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Leadership; Cooperation