An Early Discharge Program (EDP) for medically uncomplicated obstetrics patients operates from three hospitals in Sydney's western suburbs, Westmead Hospital, a large teaching hospital, and Auburn and Blacktown, which are smaller district hospitals. The patients are discharged home between 6 and...

Since the mid 1980s the imprecise nature of the GPs’ contract and the lack of knowledge about what services were provided by general practitioners has created much argument and radical changes in the terms and conditions in the GPs’ contract. The old contract required a general practitioner...

Municipal waste management strategies (MWMSs) are local level policy instruments, prepared in an area wide manner all over England, aiming to achieve more sustainable waste management practices. Their focus is on different aspects of the waste management hierarchy, including waste reduction,...

This paper extends the REPIH to allow for stochastic shifts in the utility function. The motivation for this is the substantial autonomous fluctuations in UK consumption at the business cycles and seasonal frequencies as well as the influence of demographics on preferences.

We examine whether credit contributes to business cycle fluctuations by dirctly affecting consumption rather than through the new well understood investment channel.