Accounting/Actuarial Bias Enables Equity Investment By Defined Benefit Pension Plans

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Gold, Jeremy ^a  

^a Jeremy Gold Pensions ^*  (United States)

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EID: 40449103272     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2005.10596209     Document Type: Article

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