To hedge or not to hedge: Managing demographic risk in life insurance companies

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-41

  Gründl, Helmut ^a   Post, Thomas ^a   Schulze, Roman N ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33644680887     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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