This paper criticises the standard methodology used to measure the importance of different channels of risk sharing in federal states such as the one used in Asdrubali et al.'s (1996) seminal contribution. It argues that the methodology chosen in these papers systematically underestimates the...

1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of Political Risks -- 3. Methods of General Risk Management -- 4. Create Transparency About Political Risks -- 5. Managing Tactical Political Risks -- 6. Managing Strategic Political Risks -- 7. Geographic Flexibility as a Key Strategy in Political Risk Management...