Bivariate survival models for coupled lives

Scandinavian Actuarial Journal

Volumn 2000, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-32

  Carriere, Jacques F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copula functions; Frailty models; Gompertz distribution; Kendall'S; Maxi likelihood estimation; Spearman'S correlation; Stochastic dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749088627     PISSN: 03461238     EISSN: 16512030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/034612300750066700     Document Type: Article

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