RISK FACTOR - Geopolitical Risk
Monday, September 04, 2006
Since 9/11, fear of terrorist attacks and the War in Iraq have become two of the world's leading geopolitical risk factors. They pressure U.S. financial markets, the economy, and oil prices. And, as NBR Chicago Bureau Chief Diane Eastabrook reports, these risk factors have become a near constant cost of doing business.
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External Links/Articles*
- Center
for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)
CREATE is a research center at the University of Southern California and is funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. - Council
on Foreign Relations (CFR)
The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonpartisan resource for information and analysis. This links to a transcript of a CFR conference on "Assessing Geopolitical Risk in the Global Economy." - Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD is a group of 30 nations, including the United States, that shares a "commitment to democratic government and the market economy." Use the search function to find OECD reports on geopolitical risk. - "Terrorism and the World Economy"
(PDF document)
"Terrorism and the World Economy" is a 2005 research paper authored by Alberto Abadie of Harvard University and Javier Gardeazabal of The University of the Basque Country.
The EIA compiles official energy statistics for the U.S. Government. This links to an EIA report titled "Why are oil prices so high?"
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