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Nonlinear Modeling of Mortality Data and Its Implications for Longevity Bond Pricing
Human mortality has been improving faster than expected over the past few decades. This unprecedented improvement has caused significant financial stress to pension plan sponsors and annuity providers. The widely recognized Lee–Carter model often assumes
Huijing Li, Rui Zhou, Min Ji
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The Role of Longevity-Indexed Bond in Risk Management of Aggregated Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
Defined benefit (DB) pension plans are a primary type of pension schemes with the sponsor assuming most of the risks. Longevity-indexed bonds have been used to hedge or transfer risks in pension plans.
Xiaoyi Zhang, Yanan Li, Junyi Guo
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Adhesive Property of Different Bonding Agents to Dentin: A Microscopic Study
Background: Bonding agents play a critical role in the longevity and success of restorative dental treatments by minimizing microleakage at the tooth–restoration interface.
Ramsha Rizwan +5 more
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Pricing Longevity Bonds under a Credibility Framework with Limited Available Data
For annuity providers, a higher life expectancy is not always positive news, as it potentially implies increased future costs, since benefits must be provided over a longer period of time.
Apostolos Bozikas +2 more
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Regime-switching shot-noise processes and longevity bond pricing [PDF]
Yinghui Dong +2 more
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This review examines the modifying factors affecting bond strength in various bonding scenarios, particularly their relevance to the longevity of dental restorations.
Yung-Shin Fan-Chiang +10 more
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Cold Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Zirconia to Improve Its Bond Strength and Longevity with Dental Cement [PDF]
Qingsong Yu
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An Optimized Neuro-Bee Algorithm Approach to Predict the FRP-Concrete Bond Strength of RC Beams
Over the world, there is growing worry about the corrosion of reinforced concrete structures. Structure repair, rehabilitation, replacement, and new structures all require cost-effective and long-lasting technologies.
Aman Kumar +4 more
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Introduction: the goal of this literature review is to analyze the findings included in the literature concerning different alternatives to increase longevity of resin-based composite restorations and their adhesive bond.
Gustavo Moncada +5 more
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Immunization and Hedging of Post Retirement Income Annuity Products
Designing post retirement benefits requires access to appropriate investment instruments to manage the interest rate and longevity risks. Post retirement benefits are increasingly taken as a form of income benefit, either as a pension or an annuity ...
Changyu Liu, Michael Sherris
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