On the Use of Conditional Specification Models in Claim Count Distributions: An Application to Bonus-Malus Systems

ASTIN Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-98

  Sarabia, José María ^a   Gómez Déniz, Emilio ^b   Vázquez Polo, Francisco J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bonus Malus systems; Conditional Specification Model; Generalized Negative Binomial Distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011463077     PISSN: 05150361     EISSN: 17831350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0515036100013891     Document Type: Article

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