Rare events and annuity market participation

Finance Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 82-91

  Lopes, Paula ^a   Michaelides, Alexander ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annuities; Portfolio choice; Rare events

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248522770     PISSN: 15446123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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