we derive closed formulas for the prices of european options andtheir sensitivities when the underlying asset follows a double-exponentialjump diffusion model, as considered by s. kou in 2002. this author hasderived the option price by making use of double series where each termrequires the computation of a sequence of special functions, such thatthe implementation remains difficult for a large...

BACKGROUND Giving the public and the patients good information enables them to make effective choices about their care. This study describes public preferences for both themselves and their relatives on receiving information on end-of-life care topics when faced with a life-limiting illness and to identify associated factors. METHOD This study used data from the cross-sectional Health Intervi...

This is an expanded version of a talk given in the Fall 2007 Forschunggseminar at the Universität Duisburg-Essen. It is written for non-specialists, and hence might contain more details as experts would think necessary. Naturally, no claims regarding originality are made. The purpose of this short note is to provide a mostly self-contained exposition of Shokurov's reduction theorem. We will fol...

Psychology can make a significant contribution to limiting the magnitude of climate change by improving understanding of human behaviors that drive climate change and human reactions to climate-related technologies and policies, and by turning that understanding into effective interventions. This article develops a framework for psychological contributions, summarizes what psychology has learne...

The empirical Bayes estimators of treatment effects in a factorial experiment were derived and their asymptotic properties were explored. It was shown that they were asymptotically optimal and the estimator of the scale parameter had a limiting gamma distribution while the estimators of the factor effects had a limiting multivariate normal distribution. A Bootstrap analysis was performed to ill...

Increased market access from Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) promised by policy makers is often diluted by preferential rules of origin (ROO). This paper discusses two policy options -one direct, and one indirect -with regard to limiting the impact of NAFTA ROO on trade, and illustrates the impact on GDP and welfare of these options using a computable general equilibrium methodology. The first (di...

Spontaneous avulsion of the deltoid muscle in cuff tear arthropathy is extremely rare and represents a challenge for reconstruction.13,24 In such cases, primary repair combination with reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) may be at risk failure, as prosthesis’s success relying on functionally elongated deltoid.7,8 Owing to elongation during RTSA, reconstruction under high tension prone fa...

Injection is one of the most common medical procedures in the health sector. Annually up to 16 billion injections are prescribed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), many of them are not necessary for the patients, increase the healthcare costs and may result in side effects. Currently over 40% of outpatient prescriptions in Iran contain at least one injectable medicine. To address the ...