"Clearly elucidates extreme financial risks associated with rare events
such as financial crashes. The highlight of the book is the delineation
of various copulas in conjunction with financial dependences among
different assets of a portfolio. In particular, the insightful
discussion on quadrant and orthant dependences casts new light on the
connection between marginal models and financial dependence...brings a
vivid portrayal of the subject." -- MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS