Statistical Aspects of Perpetuities

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-162

  Grübel, Rudolf ^a   Pitts, Susan M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Bootstrap; Empirical perpetuities; Perpetual annuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042494540     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1999.1890     Document Type: Article

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