Generalized Pareto Fit to the Society of Actuaries’ Large Claims Database

North American Actuarial Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 18-36

  Cebrián, Ana C ^a   Denuit, Michel ^b   Lambert, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 85011196015     PISSN: 10920277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2003.10596098     Document Type: Article

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