Expressing economic risk - Review and presentation of a unifying approach

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 989-1005

  Aven, Terje ^a   Nilsen, Espen Fyhn ^b   Nilsen, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Business and project management; Economic risk; Safety; Subjective probability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMMERCE; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ECONOMIC RISKS; RISK COMMUNICATION;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

ACCIDENT; BAYES THEOREM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENGINEERING; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY;

EID: 4544242675     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00502.x     Document Type: Review

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