A quantitative comparison of simulation strategies for mortality projection

Annals of Actuarial Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 281-297

  Li, Jackie ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mortality projection; Poisson Lee Carter model; simulation methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85112372045     PISSN: 17484995     EISSN: 17485002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1748499514000153     Document Type: Article

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