Forecasting social security actuarial assumptions

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 49-70

  Frees, Edward W ^a   Kung, Yueh Chuan ^b   Rosenberg, Marjorie A ^a   Young, Virginia R ^a   Lai, Siu Wai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Info Technology and eCommerce   (United States)

^c First Data ACTI   (United States)

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EID: 0039272859     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.1997.10595646     Document Type: Article

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