Covers the development of a consistent unified model framework for the evaluation of bond options. In general options on zero bonds & options on coupon bearing bonds are linked by no-arbitrage relations through the correlation structure of interest rates. ...

Uses geographical & economic modeling to examine the potential effects of different types of road user charging schemes. This title explains the results of the modeling. It also looks at the implications of road user charging & identify other policy areas that policymakers would need to consider. ...

Emphasizes the stakeholder's importance in making decisions, highlighting key trade-offs to consider when choosing between opposing outcomes. This book presents quantitative instruction & qualitative concepts, helping you learn about the influences that should guide your decision making. ...

Options have been traded for hundreds of years
- at least since the sixteenth century when they were used to buy & sell commodities
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This study traces the emergence of changing attitudes about the child, at once economically "useless" & emotionally "priceless", from the late 1800s to the 1930s. It describes how turn-of-the-century America discovered new, sentimental ways to determine a child's monetary worth. ...

The life story of controversial 1960s playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman), revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina). Born in Leicester, Orton moves to London & enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as ' What the Butler Saw' & ' Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated & the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain. ...

Collection of three British film dramas. ' Prick Up Your Ears' (1987) tells the life story of controversial 1960s playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman), revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina). Born in Leicester, Orton moves to London & enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as ' What the Butler Saw' & ' Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated & the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain. ' Made in Britain' (1982) is Alan Clarke's critically acclaimed study of alienation & disaffection in Thatcher's Britain. Skinhead Trevor (Tim Roth) is a car thief with no regard whatsoever for authority figures. His social worker realises that Trevor is highly intelligent, but any attempts to control his behaviour have disastrous results
- Trevor is set on the road to self-destruction. ' Meantime' (1983) is set in East London in the early 1980s. Frank Pollack (Jeff Robert) & his sons Mark & Colin (Phil Daniels & Roth) are all unemployed. The situation seems hopeless, & things are made worse when Colin's Auntie Barbara (Marion Bailey) tries to help out by offering him some decorating work, an act which arouses Mark's jealousy & ultimately effects everyone in the family.
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