DYNAMIC HEDGING OF THE MORTALITY RISK VIA A CONTINUOUS CONTROL STRATEGY OF THE PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS OF A PENSION FUND

Alexandros A. Zimbidis (Greece) and Athanasios A. Pantelous (Greece)

Received October 23, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: pension fund, whole life assurance, optimal control theory, HJB equation.