UID:
edoccha_9958076723902883
Format:
xi, 213 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-81939-1
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9786610819393
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0-8213-6859-1
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Infrastructure
Content:
The book considers when governments should give guarantees to private investors. After describing the history of guarantees, and the challenges the politics and psychology create for good decisions, the book sets out principles for allocating risk (and therefore guarantees), techniques for valuing guarantees, and rules to encourage good decisions.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Overview; Chapter 2 Lessons of History; Chapter 3 Obstacles to Good Decisions; Figures; Tables; Chapter 4 Allocating Exposure to Risk; Chapter 5 The Allocation of Three Risks; Chapter 6 Rules; Chapter 7 Valuing Exposure to Risk; Chapter 8 The Valuation of Exposure to Three Risks; Appendix A; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6858-3
Language:
English
