“Climate change adaptation”, “building resilience” and “vulnerability and risk reduction” are noble words, but do we …- and non-climate-related, sudden-onset and creeping hazards will most likely increase the risk of crises and disasters in … reading for all those interested in improving risk reduction and adaptation strategies to extreme events and gradual changes …

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) provides an elegant mathematical framework for the efficient portfolio allocation problem …-of-sample volatility if a jump in systematic risk occurs. Chapter 2 introduces a covariance estimation approach which is based solely on …Die Moderne Portfolio Theorie (MPT) bietet einen eleganten mathematischen Rahmen für das Problem der effizienten …