Optimal risk and dividend distribution control models for an insurance company

Mathematical Methods of Operations Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-42

  Taksar, Michael I ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

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EID: 0002516587     PISSN: 14322994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001860050001     Document Type: Article

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