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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- Leases for Lives: Life Contingent Contracts and the Emergence of
- Publication Date
- 2017-07-14
- ISBN
- 9781107111769
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107111765
ISBN-13
9781107111769
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234250729
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
270 Pages
Publication Name
Leases for Lives : Life Contingent Contracts and the Emergence of Actuarial Science in Eighteenth-Century England
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Statistics, Contracts
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-024642
Reviews
'This is a distinctive work of scholarship, visiting ground that has never been as thoroughly subjected to such deep and expert examination. Bellhouse is especially knowledgeable about early English probability and its milieu, and about actuarial science. There is no one comparable in this combination of skills, and he is a master of the relevant archives as well.' Stephen Stigler, University of Chicago
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
368.320094209033
Table Of Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mathematics and property in the seventeenth century; 3. Edmond Halley's life table; 4. Halley's impact or lack of it; 5. De Moivre and his early influence; 6. Mathematicians as consultants; 7. Mathematicians and early life insurance companies; 8. The annuity bubble of the 1760s and 70s; 9. The after shocks of the bubble on life annuities; 10. Developments in the life insurance industry in the later eighteenth century; 11. A return to roots; 12. Conclusion; Appendix I. Technical appendix; Appendix II. Life tables; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
Synopsis
Many historians of insurance have commented on the disconnect between the rise of English life insurance companies in the early eighteenth century and the mathematics behind the sound pricing of life insurance products that was developed at about the same time. Insurance and annuity promoters typically ignored this mathematical work. Bellhouse explores this issue, and shows that the early mathematical work was not motivated by insurance but instead by the fair valuation of life contingent contracts related to property. Even the work of the mathematician James Dodson in the creation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, offering sound actuarially based premiums, did not change the industry in any significant way. The tipping point was a crisis in 1770 in which the philosopher and mathematician Richard Price, as well as other mathematicians, showed that a dozen or more recently formed annuity societies could not meet their financial obligations and were inviable., This important work illuminates the early modern roots of two very contemporary concerns, real estate values and pension/annuity funding. It places in historical context the work of an active group of eighteenth-century mathematicians, and gives a resonant example of the vagaries of 'technology transfer' from mathematical sciences to commercial activities.
LC Classification Number
HG9060
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