Comparisons of mortality modelling and forecasting - Empirical evidence from Taiwan

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2010, Pages 46-55

  Wang, Chou Wen ^a   Liu, Yu Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality forecasting; Mortality risk; Stochastic mortality models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649121256     PISSN: 14502887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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