ARCH Table of Contents 2018.1

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Actuarial Applications

What about Park Factors? – Park Factors and their Impact on Minor League Baseball
K. Page, A. Rhodes
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Actuarial Education

A Bivariate Extension of the Beta-Generated Distribution Derived from Copulas
R. Samanthi, J. Sepanski
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Designing Exams to Test Higher Levels of Learning
D. Skrzydlo
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Asset Allocation

Investment and Reinsurance Options with Dynamic Financial Analysis
B. Karagül, S. Gençgönül
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Climate Risk

A Virtual Climate Library of Surface Temperature over North America for 1979–2015
V. Brazauskas, S. Kravtsov, P. Roebber
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Health Insurance

Combining both Financial and Clinic Data into Decision Making under Health Care Reform
Y. Yang
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Hedging Variable Annuities

A Tale of Two Risk Management Strategies: Risk Measure Based Reserving and Net Liability Hedging of Variable Annuity Guaranteed Benefits
B. Yi, R. Feng
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Weighted Fund Style Analysis of Variable Annuity
G. Fan, Y. Liu, R. Xu, T. Green, K. Nilsson, E. Edens
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Insurance

A Goal Programming Model for Non-life Insurance Sector’s Technical Analysis
B. Karagül
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A Two-Decrement Model for the Valuation and Risk Measurement of a Guaranteed Annuity Option
Y. Zhao, R. Mamon, H. Gao
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Experience Studies: The Linear Force Distribution
J. McGarry
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Model Uncertainty and Selection in Operational Risk Modeling
D. Yu, V. Brazauskas
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Modeling

A Comparison: Some Approximations for the Aggregate Claims Distribution
R. Thiagarajah
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An Overview of Probabilistic Fuzzy Systems – Some Preliminary Observations
A. Shapiro, D. Wang
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General Insurance Claims Modelling with Factor Collapsing and Bayesian Model Averaging
S. Hu, A. O’Hagan, B. Murphy
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Pensions

Optimal Investment Strategies and Intergenerational Risk Sharing for Target Benefit Pension Plans
B. Sanders, S. Wang, Y. Lu
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Quantifying Inter-generational Equity under Different Target Benefit Plan Designs
L. Yi
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Retirement

Gilded Pastures
J. Tang, J. Milovanovic, M. Hassett
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Risk

An Exploration of Systemic Risk in Random Financial Networks
D. Turner
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Variable Annuities

Pricing Bounds and Bang-bang Analysis of the Polaris Variable Annuities
Z. Shen, C. Weng
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Where Less Is More: Reducing Variable Annuity Fees to Benefit Policyholder and Insurer
T. Moenig, C. Bernard
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