Redistribution and Insurance: Mandatory Annuitization with Mortality Heterogeneity

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-41

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a  

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

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EID: 0242267572     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6975.00045     Document Type: Article

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