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Risk

In: Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance

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This vital new Handbook is an authoritative volume presenting key issues in finance that have been widely discussed in the financial markets but have been neglected in textbooks and the usual compilations of conventional academic wisdom.

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  • Tracy Mott, 2012. "Risk," Chapters, in: Jan Toporowski & Jo Michell (ed.), Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance, chapter 39, pages i-ii, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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