Natural Hedging of Life and Annuity Mortality Risks

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Cox, Samuel H ^a   Lin, Yijia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 70350270865     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2007.10597464     Document Type: Article

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