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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814237903321

Autore

Borowiak Dale S. <1952, >

Titolo

Financial and actuarial statistics : an introduction / / Dale S. Borowiak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Marcel Dekker, , 2003

ISBN

0-429-21352-2

1-135-54105-1

1-280-17914-7

0-203-91124-5

Edizione

[2nd edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 383 p.)

Collana

Statistics:  A Series of Textbooks and Monographs

Classificazione

MAT029000MAT000000BUS027000

Altri autori (Persone)

ShapiroArnold

Disciplina

332.0151

332/.01/5195

Soggetti

Finance - Statistical methods

Insurance - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Statistical Concepts; Chapter 2: Statistical Techniques; Chapter 3: Financial Computational Models; Chapter 4: Deterministic Status Models; Chapter 5: Future Lifetime Random Variables and Life Tables; Chapter 6: Stochastic Status Models; Chapter 7: Advanced Stochastic Status Models; Chapter 8: Markov Chain Methods; Chapter 9: Scenario and Simulation Testing; Chapter 10: Further Statistical Considerations; Appendix A: Excel Statistical Functions, Basic Mathematical Functions, and Add-Ins; Appendix B: Acronyms and Principal Sections; References

Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a loss function approach, this comprehensive reference reviews the most recent advances in financial and actuarial modeling, providing a strong statistical background for advanced methods in pension plan structuring, risk estimation, and modeling of investment and options pricing. An authoritative tool supplying every conceptual model and technique required by the modern financial investigator, Financial and Actuarial Statistics offers an analysis of American options models, mortality adjustment factors for increased risk individuals, time trend regression adjustments for mortality ta