Mandatory pensions and the intensity of adverse selection in life insurance markets

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-548

  Villeneuve, Bertrand ^a  

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EID: 0242362165     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6975.t01-1-00063     Document Type: Article

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