The London School of Economics and Political Science study Free trade agreements (FTAs) have the declared aim of seeking to increase global trade and promote economic growth. Historically, economic growth has led to improved population health. Yet this link is now weakening, and attention is...

Background: Postal questionnaires are widely used to collect data in healthcare research but a poor response rate may reduce the validity and reliability of results. There was a lack of evidenceavailable relating to use of a monetary incentive to improve the response rate in the healthcare...

Since 1982 all medically qualified individuals wishing to become principals in the NHS General Medical Services (that is, family doctors independently contracted to provide a full range of primary health care services) have had to undergo three years vocational training. It comprises two years...

This paper aims to unify and generalize several of the widely-used pricing approaches for long-dated contracts with a focus on market-consistent valuation. It proposes a loading pricing concept that combines the theoretically possible minimal price of a contract with its formally obtained risk...