Markus Brunnermeier is the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics at Princeton University and a research associate of the NBER. Arvind Krishnamurthy is the Harold L. Stuart Professor of Finance in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a research associate of the NBER.
The existing economic measurement system was not successful in detecting in the financial sector the vulnerability and the build-up of bubbles leading up to the crisis. In this respect, Risk Topography provides an invaluable contribution by examining ways of designing systems which provide better measurement of systemic risk factors. . . . [The] book provides a rich resource for policymakers as well as academic researchers. -- Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (12/29/2015 12:00:00 AM)