Life Insurance and Annuity Demand under Hyperbolic Discounting

In this paper, we analyse and construct a lifetime utility maximisation model with hyperbolic discounting. Within the model, a number of assumptions are made: complete markets, actuarially fair life insurance/annuity is available, and investors have time-dependent preferences. Time dependent prefere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Siqi Tang, Sachi Purcal, Jinhui Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Risks
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/6/2/43