Optimal funding of state employee pension systems

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-380

  D'Arcy, Stephen P ^a   Dulebohn, James H ^b   Oh, Pyungsuk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0011584347     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/253552     Document Type: Article

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