Observations on Reversionary Payments
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Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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Target entity: Observations on Reversionary Payments Context triple: [Richard Price, notableWork, Observations on Reversionary Payments]
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Target entity: Observations on Reversionary Payments Target entity description: Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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A.
The Pension Claim Agent
The Pension Claim Agent is a genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts a post–Civil War scene of a veteran seeking government benefits, reflecting the social realities of the era.
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B.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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C.
Third Report on the Public Credit
Third Report on the Public Credit is Alexander Hamilton’s influential 1791 Treasury report to the U.S. Congress advocating federal support for manufacturing and industrial development as key to the nation’s economic strength.
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D.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent
"An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent" is an 1815 economic treatise by Thomas Malthus that analyzes the origins, determinants, and distributional implications of land rent within classical political economy.
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E.
On Equilibrium
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| appliesMethod |
present value calculations
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probabilistic valuation of future payments ⓘ use of life tables ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships ⓘ |
| author | Richard Price ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of life tables
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foundations of actuarial science ⓘ valuation of annuities ⓘ valuation of contingent payments ⓘ valuation of reversionary interests ⓘ valuation of survivorships ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| field |
actuarial science
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demography ⓘ financial mathematics ⓘ life insurance mathematics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1771 ⓘ |
| genre |
actuarial science literature
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mathematics of finance literature ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
fifth edition
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fourth edition ⓘ second edition ⓘ sixth edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early systematic treatment of life-contingent financial contracts
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helped professionalize actuarial practice ⓘ influential in the development of life insurance in Britain ⓘ |
| influencedField |
annuity pricing
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life insurance ⓘ pension fund valuation ⓘ social insurance schemes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedPerson |
Thomas Bayes
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William Morgan (actuary) ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
An Essay on the Principle of Population
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surface form:
Essay on the Population of England
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| timePeriod | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| topic |
compound interest
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contingent reversions ⓘ discounting future payments ⓘ life annuities ⓘ mortality ⓘ probabilities of life and death ⓘ reversionary payments ⓘ survivorship benefits ⓘ valuation of life-contingent contracts ⓘ |
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