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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise?

  • V. Kerry Smith
  • Donald H. Taylor
  • Frank A. Sloan
American Economic Review
vol. 91, no. 4, September 2001
(pp. 1126–1134)
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Citation

Smith, V., Kerry, Donald H. Taylor, and Frank A. Sloan. 2001. "Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise?" American Economic Review, 91 (4): 1126–1134. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.4.1126

JEL Classification

  • D84 Expectations; Speculations
  • I12 Health Production