A Bayesian dichotomous model with asymmetric link for fraud in insurance

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 779-786

  Bermudez Ll ^a   Perez J M ^b   Ayuso, M ^a   Gomez E ^c   Vazquez F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automobile insurance; Bayesian statistics; Fraud; Gibbs sampling; IB40; IM20; Logit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049117204     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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