Market evidence of misperceived mortality risk

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 451-462

  Bhattacharya, Jay ^a   Goldman, Dana ^b   Sood, Neeraj ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Life insurance; Mortality; Rational

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349466199     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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