Innovations in Risk Management: Seminal Papers from The Journal of Risk

by Philippe Jorion

A collection of the most significant and influential papers published in The Journal of Risk selected and introduced by editor-in-chief Philippe Jorion - in an anniversary volume that presents the leading edge body of knowledge in quantitative methods to measure the financial risks of complex portfolios.

Features 21 seminal papers split into the following five sections:

Market Risk - VAR for Individual Assets
Market Risk - VAR for Portfolios
Market Risk - Stress Tests
Liquidity Risk
Risk Capital

Each paper has been carefully selected to reflect the most significant recent developments in financial risk management to give you a cohesive view and depper understanding of the entire field.

Provides a compact yet complete reference collection of all the latest and most significant empirical and theoretical research you need to further develop your understanding of financial risk management.

ABOUT THE JOURNAL OF RISK - The Journal of Risk provides a dedicated medium for the dissemination of both academic and practitioner research into financial risk management. Each quarterly issue features a broad range of theoretical and empirical studies from the leading academics and practitioners in the field, with major research topics covering the measurement and management of market risk, credit risk and operational risk. All published work is peer-reviewed by world-class academic scholars and industry experts, ensuring the highest level of quality and standards.

560 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Philippe Jorion is Professor of Finance at The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California at Irvine.