This research paper investigates whether payments made to physicians by opioid manufacturers influence their prescribing behaviour for opioid medications. The relationship has been explored primarily using payments data from CMS OpenPayments, prescribing data from Medicare Part D Provider...

The synthetic collateralized debt obligation (CDO) market has, over the last year, seen a significant increase in liquidity and transparency. The availability of published prices such as TracX and iBoxx tranches permits the calibration of model parameters, which was not achievable a year ago....