Long-term care: Risk description of a Spanish portfolio and economic analysis of the timing of insurance purchase

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-672

  Guillén, Montserrat ^a   Pinquet, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Calendar; Gender and age effects; Lee Carter models; Life cycle approach; Long term care insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549148423     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2008.33     Document Type: Article

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