Risk Classification for Claim Counts: A Comparative Analysis of Various Zeroinflated Mixed Poisson and Hurdle Models

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 110-131

  Boucher, Jean Philippe ^a   Denuit, Michel ^b   Guillén, Montserrat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 58249088669     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2007.10597487     Document Type: Article

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