Article ID: | iaor20032150 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 333 |
End Page Number: | 385 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
Journal: | Decision Sciences |
Authors: | Zanakis Stelios H., Zopounidis Constantin, Doumpos Michael |
Keywords: | decision theory: multiple criteria |
Mathematical programming and multicriteria approaches to classification and discrimination are reviewed, with an emphasis on preference disaggregation. The latter include the UTADIS family and a new method, Multigroup Hierarchical DIScrimination (MHDIS). They are used to assess investing risk in 51 countries that have stock exchanges, according to 27 criteria. These criteria include quantitative and qualitative measures of market risk (volatility and currency fluctuations); range of investment opportunities; quantity and quality on market information; investor protection (security regulations treatment of minority shareholders); and administrative ‘headaches’ (custody, settlement, and taxes). The model parameters are determined so that the results best match the risk level assigned to those countries by experienced international investment managers commissioned by