EQUITY RISK PREMIUM: EXPECTATIONS GREAT AND SMALL

North American Actuarial Journal,  Jan 2004  by Derrig, Richard A,  Orr, Elisha D

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* Richard A. Derrig is Senior Vice President, Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts, 101 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110, e-mail: richard@aib.org.

[dagger] Elisha D. Orr is a Research Assistant, Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts, 101 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110, e-mail: eorr@aib.org.

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