Discuss role of risk assessment

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The financial news has been dominated recently by stories of financial institutions that have mis-measured the risk as part of the subprime mortgage crisis. Discuss the role of risk assessment and measurement in the subprime crises and provide examples of both good and bad decisions that financial institutions made before the reform measures were adopted as part of the Dobb-Frank Bill.

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