Asset and liability management

Prof Christofides | Economics | 01 October 1995

Testing real options theory

Professor Ciaran Driver | Economics | 01 October 2001

Real options theory predicts that there is a value to waiting: more information obtained by waiting biases decisions away from commitment to unprofitable projects. For value of waiting to exist, decisions must be characterised by irreversibility, unc ...

Automatic generation of parallel code for financial modelling

Prof Darlington | Economics | 01 February 1998

With the increasing number, type and complexity of derivative securities being used in the financial sector it is becoming essential to be able to rapidly and inexpensively generate new financial models or adapt existing ones and have them execute on ...

The bionomic algorithm and its financial applications

Prof Christofides | Economics | 01 October 1995

Senior research fellow:competitiveness of british industry

Prof Francis | Economics | 01 July 1985

The economic and social research council launched in early 1985 a major, multi-disciplinary research initiative with the general objective of promoting research which will contribute to a greater understanding of the relatively poor performance of br ...

Pricing derivatives in imperfect markets

Prof Christofides | Economics | 01 October 1995

What influences diet in early old age?

Professor David Blane | Sociology | 01 May 2000

The proposed research will contribute to the understanding of dietary habits and patterns in early old age, the factors which influence them, the terms in which they are thought about and their interaction with health. This knowledge is an essential ...

European context of u. K. Science policy: development

Mr Peter Brian Healey | Social Policy | 22 June 1990

Statistical analysis of large geographical health and environmental databases: methodology software & application

Statistics Computing and Methodology | 01 February 1998

There is currently considerable scientific interest in exploring local variations in health, often in response to concern about possible environmental hazards, or to produce maps of environmental/health risk. The small area health statistics unit (sa ...

Pay determination in the lower quartile-an interdisciplinary approach

Mr Donaldson | 01 October 1983

Issues surrounding differences in pay between people, occupations and industries are basic to economic theory and policy. The same issues arise in different guises in industrial relations and management generally. Income distribution is also an ethic ...