Killing the law of large numbers: Mortality risk premiums and the sharpe ratio

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 673-686

  Milevsky, M A ^a   Promislow, S D ^a   Young, V R ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33845430838     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2006.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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