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Optimal Decision-Making for Annuity Insurance Under the Perspective of Disability Risk
MathematicsAnnuity insurance is a crucial financial tool for mitigating risks associated with aging, yet it has not gained significant traction in China’s insurance market, especially amid the challenges posed by an aging population.
Ziran Xu, Lufei Sun, Xiang Yuan
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Pricing Equity-Indexed Annuities under a Stochastic Dividend Model
Mathematics, 2023 In this paper, we examine the valuations of equity-indexed annuities (EIAs) when their reference stocks distribute stochastic dividends. Due to the fact that stocks typically pay dividends at discrete times after the payment dates are announced, pricing ...
Yuanchuang Shan, Huisheng Shu, Haoran Yi
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The Réseau Express Métropolitain as an Evolution of the Public‐Private Partnership
Canadian Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This research note explores the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) as an exploratory case of partnership for public infrastructure procurement. It seeks to determine whether the REM represents an evolution of the P3 model that has significance for public governance, particularly as it relates to the delivery of public infrastructure. Our study
Michael A. O'Neill +2 more
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Some applications of linear difference equations in finance with wolfram|alpha and maple
Ratio Mathematica, 2014 The principle objective of this paper is to show how linear difference equations can be applied to solve some issues of financial mathematics. We focus on the area of compound interest and annuities. In both cases we determine appropriate recursive rules,
Dana Rıhová, Lenka Viskotova
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Marxism and Decolonizing Praxis: From Decolonial Misinterpretations to Marxist Contributions
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article intervenes in postcolonial and decolonial critiques that portray Karl Marx and Marxism as intrinsically Eurocentric and inattentive to race, colonialism and non‐European revolutionary agency. It argues that such critiques often rely on selective, historically limited interpretations that overlook Marx's later writings, in which he
Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
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Set for Life: Old-Age Pensions Provided by Hospitals in Late-Medieval Amsterdam
Jahrbuch für WirtschaftsgeschichteHospitals were among the wealthiest organizations in medieval cities. Their directors managed portfolios consisting of real estate and financial instruments; as a result, they also handled large quantities of money.
Zuijderduijn Jaco
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Frailty and Risk Classification for Life Annuity Portfolios
Risks, 2016 Life annuities are attractive mainly for healthy people. In order to expand their business, in recent years, some insurers have started offering higher annuity rates to those whose health conditions are critical. Life annuity portfolios are then supposed
Annamaria Olivieri, Ermanno Pitacco
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract One of the most contentious issues in the study of the Atlantic slave trade is the profitability of the trade. In this paper, we contribute by pooling all available data on transatlantic slave ship voyage accounts into a joint dataset. This dataset includes data from a period of 100 years (1730–1830) and from five nations (Denmark, France ...
Klas Rönnbäck +4 more
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
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