1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457028903321

Titolo

Antisocial behavior [[electronic resource] ] : causes, correlations and treatments / / Rebecca M. Clarke, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61324-750-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarkeRebecca M

Disciplina

616.85/82

Soggetti

Antisocial personality disorders

Antisocial personality disorders - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457469303321

Autore

Fabozzi Frank J

Titolo

Mortgage-backed securities [[electronic resource] ] : products, structuring, and analytical techniques / / Frank J. Fabozzi, Anand K. Bhattacharya, William S. Berliner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-283-25808-0

9786613258083

1-118-14929-7

1-118-14927-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Frank J. Fabozzi series

Altri autori (Persone)

BhattacharyaAnand K

BerlinerWilliam S

Disciplina

332.6323

332.63232

Soggetti

Mortgage-backed securities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mortgage-Backed Securities: Products, Structuring, and Analytical Techniques; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Part One: Introduction to Mortgage and MBS Markets; Chapter 1: Overview of Mortgages and the Consumer Mortgage Market; Overview of Mortgages; Mortgage Loan Mechanics; Risks Associated with Mortgages and Mortgage Products; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 2: Overview of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Market; Creating Different Types of MBS; MBS Trading; The Role of the MBS Markets in Generating Consumer Lending Rates; Cash Flow Structuring

Concepts Presented in this ChapterPart Two: Prepayment and Default Metrics and Behavior; Chapter 3: Measurement of Prepayments and Defaults; Prepayment Terminology; Calculating Prepayment Speeds; Delinquency, Default, and Loss Terminology; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 4: Prepayments and Factors Influencing the Return of Principal; Prepayment Fundamentals; Factors Influencing Prepayment Speeds; Defaults and ""Involuntary"" Prepayments;



Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Part Three: Structuring; Chapter 5: Introduction to MBS Structuring Techniques

Underlying Logic in Structuring Cash FlowsStructuring Different Mortgage Products; Fundamentals of Structuring CMOs; Chapter 6: Fundamental MBS Structuring Techniques: Divisions of Principal; Time Tranching; Planned Amortization Classes (PACs) and the PAC-Support Structure; Targeted Amortization Class Bonds; Z-Bonds and Accretion-Directed Tranches; A Simple Structuring Example; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 7: Fundamental MBS Structuring Techniques: Divisions of Interest; Coupon Stripping and Boosting; Floater-Inverse Floater Combinations; Two-Tiered Index Bonds (TTIBs)

Excess Servicing IOsConcepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 8: Structuring Private-Label CMOs; Private-Label Credit Enhancement; Private-Label Senior Structuring Variations; Governing Documents; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 9: The Structuring of Mortgage ABS Deals; Fundamentals of ABS Structures; Credit Enhancement for Mortgage ABS Deals; Factors Influencing the Credit Structure of Deals; Additional Structuring Issues and Developments; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Part Four: Valuation and Analysis; Chapter 10: Techniques for Valuing MBS

Static Cash Flow Yield AnalysisZ-Spread; Valuation Using Monte Carlo Simulation and OAS Analysis; Total Return Analysis; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 11: Measuring MBS Interest Rate Risk; Duration; Convexity; Yield Curve Risk; Other Risk Measures; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 12: Evaluating Senior MBS and CMOs; Yield and Spread Matrices; Monte Carlo and OAS Analysis; Total Return Analysis; Evaluating Inverse Floaters; Concepts Presented in this Chapter; Chapter 13: Analysis of Nonagency MBS; Factors Impacting Returns from Nonagency MBS

Understanding the Evolution of Credit Performance within a Transaction

Sommario/riassunto

An up-to-date look at the latest innovations in mortgage-backed securities Since the last edition of Mortgage-Backed Securities was published over three years ago, much has changed in the structured credit market. Frank Fabozzi, Anand Bhattacharya, and William Berliner all have many years of experience working in the fixed-income securitization markets, and have witnessed many cycles of change in the mortgage and MBS sectors. And now, with the Second Edition of Mortgage-Backed Securities, they share their knowledge on many of the products and structuring innovations that have t



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786719003321

Autore

Jones Andrew M

Titolo

Applied Health Economics - Second Edition [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10241-X

1-136-23982-0

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 pages)

Collana

Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance.

Altri autori (Persone)

RiceNigel

Bago d'UvaTeresa <1976->

BaliaSilvia

Disciplina

338.473621

Soggetti

Economics, Medical

Health Care Costs

Statistics as Topic

Economics

Delivery of Health Care

Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms

Costs and Cost Analysis

Epidemiologic Methods

Mathematics

Investigative Techniques

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Quality of Health Care

Natural Science Disciplines

Public Health

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Health Care

Environment and Public Health

Health & Biological Sciences

Medical Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Describing and summarising data; 1 Data and survey design; 1.1 The Health and Lifestyle Survey; 1.2 The British Household Panel Survey; 1.3 The European Community Household Panel; 1.4 The US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; 1.5 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe; 1.6 Overview; 2 Describing the dynamics of health; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Graphical analysis; 2.3 Tabulating the data; 2.4 Overview; 3 Describing health care costs; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Data description

3.3 Modelling health care cost data3.4 Linear regression models; 3.5 Overview; PART II Categorical data; 4 Reporting heterogeneity in health; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Data; 4.3 Standard analysis; 4.4 Using vignettes; 4.5 Overview; Appendix; 5 Health and lifestyles; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 HALS data and sample; 5.3 Descriptive analysis; 5.4 Estimation strategy and results; 5.5 Overview; PART III Duration data; 6 Smoking and mortality; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Basic concepts of duration analysis; 6.3 The HALS data; 6.4 Duration data in HALS; 6.5 Descriptive statistics; 6.6 Duration models; 6.7 Overview

7 Health and retirement7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Preparing and summarising the data; 7.3 Dealing with self-reported health; 7.4 Empirical approach to duration modelling; 7.5 Stock sampling and discrete-time hazard analysis; 7.6 Overview; PART IV Panel data; 8 Health and wages; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 BHPS sample and variables; 8.3 Empirical model and estimation; 8.4 Overview; Appendix; 9 Modelling the dynamics of health; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Static models; 9.3 Dynamic models; 9.4 Overview; 10 Non-response and attrition bias; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Testing for non-response bias; 10.3 Estimation

10.4 OverviewAppendix; PART V Health care data; 11 Models for count data; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 The Poisson model; 11.3 The negative binomial model; 11.4  Zero-inflated models; 11.5 Hurdle models; 11.6 Finite mixture/latent class models; 11.7 Latent class models for panel data; 11.8 Overview; Appendix; 12 Modelling health care costs; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Exponential conditional mean models; 12.3 Generalised linear models; 12.4 Finite mixture models; 12.5 Comparing model performance; 12.6 Overview; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first edition of Applied Health Economics did an expert job of showing how the availability of large scale data sets and the rapid advancement of advanced econometric techniques can help health economists and health professionals make sense of information better than ever before.This second edition has been revised and updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the description and modelling of individual health care costs, thus broadening the book's readership to those working on risk adjustment and health technology appraisal. The text also fully reflects the very