Bayesian Assessment of the Distribution of Insurance Claim Counts Using Reversible Jump MCMC

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 90-108

  Ntzoufras, Ioannis ^a   Katsis, Athanassios ^b   Karlis, Dimitris ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

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EID: 38349092965     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2005.10596213     Document Type: Article

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