A flexible tree for evaluating guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits under deferred life annuity contracts with various provisions
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Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits; Rollup interest rate guarantees; Deferred variable annuity; Tree model; Surrender options;All these keywords.
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