Uncertainty in mortality forecasting: An extension to the classical Lee-Carter approach

ASTIN Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-164

  Li, Johnny Siu Hang ^a   Hardy, Mary R ^a   Tan, Ken Seng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Heterogeneity; Lee Carter; Maximum likelihood estimation; Parametric bootstrap

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955661147     PISSN: 05150361     EISSN: 17831350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AST.39.1.2038060     Document Type: Article

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