UMVUE of the IBNR reserve in a lognormal linear regression model

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-57

  Doray, Louis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

IBNR reserve; Lognormal regression; Maximum likelihood; UMVUE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030140409     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6687(95)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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