Intro -- Risk Management and Financial Institutions -- Contents in Brief -- Contents -- Business Snapshots -- Preface -- New Material -- Slides -- Questions and Problems -- Instructor Material -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Risk vs. Return for Investors -- 1.1.1 Quantifying Risk --...

This paper provides a survey of business cycle facts, updated to take account of recent data. Emphasis is given to the Great Recession which was unlike most other post-war recessions in the US in being driven by deleveraging and financial market factors. We document how recessions with financial...

This paper provides a survey of business cycle facts, updated to take account of recent data. Emphasis is given to the Great Recession which was unlike most other post-war recessions in the US in being driven by deleveraging and financial market factors. We document how recessions with financial...