Asset allocation and location over the life cycle with investment-linked survival-contingent payouts

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1688-1699

  Horneff, Wolfram J ^a   Maurer, Raimond H ^a   Mitchell, Olivia S ^b   Stamos, Michael Z ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Household finance; Life annuities; Portfolio choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349190542     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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