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The Economic Value of Changing Mortality Probabilities: A Decision-Theoretic Approach

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Weinstein, Milton C
Shepard, Donald S
Pliskin, Joseph S
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Volume (Year): 94 (1980)
Issue (Month): 2 (March)
Pages: 373-96
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