the main schemes? - Is capitalization (funded pensions) a viable alternative? 1. INSURANCE, EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY IN PUBLIC PENSIONS a) Efficiency - Any individual should achieve an efficient level of retirement income → rational insurance ⇒ a risk averse individual will buy future pensions if the net price of insurance is lower than the value given to certainty Public o private pensions? Private markets are efficient if there is perfect competition, perfect information and no other market
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osteoporosis. Evista®, generically known as raloxifene hydrochloride, would be entering the estrogen replacement market, a market that had worldwide sales in excess of $1 billion in 1997.[1] Of even wider significance was the fact that in initial trials, Evista® appeared to lower the incidence of breast cancer and reduced total LDL in post-menopausal women without the negative side effect profiles of currently available estrogen replacement therapies. The potential of this new therapeutic
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Omega 40 (2012) 104–119 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Omega journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/omega Strategic performance measurement in a healthcare organisation: A multiple criteria approach based on balanced scorecard E. Grigoroudis n, E. Orfanoudaki, C. Zopounidis Technical University of Crete, Department of Production Engineering and Management University Campus, Kounoupidiana, 73100 Chania, Greece a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 5 July 2010
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