Oxford University Press

This book is the first rigorous and comprehensive treatment of estimation error on portfolio optimization and asset management in practice. Application of rigorous financially relevant methods leads to a fundamentally different understanding of portfolio efficiency and the development of powerful provably effective portfolio management techniques...

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories of concepts, and the inputs of the budding neuropsychology of concepts. But our empirical knowledge about concepts has yet to be organized in a coherent framework. In Doing...

This is the most up-to-date collection of essays by the leading proponent of process reliabilism, refining and clarifying that theory and critiquing its rivals.  The volume features important essays on the internalism/externalism debate, epistemic value, the intuitional methodology of philosophy, and social epistemology....

In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the        richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explore medical        developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and        theme....

Latin America has seen a host of pathbreaking pension reforms, including privatizations that have served as examples for governments throughout the world. Addressing pressing policy issues and highlighting a broad range of country experiences, this book provides an unparalleled account of the lessons from pension reform in North and South America...

Written by a distinguished policy practitioner in the field of nuclear weapons this book reflects an exceptional depth of experience in shaping both national and NATO policy. It discusses the significance of the revolution brought about by nuclear weapons, and then considers the problems, costs, and risks which they entail....