Human capital, asset allocation, and life insurance

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-109

  Chen, Peng ^a   Ibbotson, Roger G ^b   Milevsky, Moshe A ^c   Zhu, Kevin X ^a,d  

^a Ibbotson Associates   (United States)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Individual Finance and Insurance Decisions Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 33645658978     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v62.n1.4061     Document Type: Article

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