Ruined moments in your life: How good are the approximations?

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 421-447

  Huang, H ^a   Milevsky, M A ^b   Wang, J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annuity; Pension; Retirement; Stochastic present value

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642512971     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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