Underwriting Cycles in Property and Liability Insurance: An Empirical Analysis of Industry and By-Line Data

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 539-562

  Fung, Hung Gay ^a   Lai, Gene C ^d   Patterson, Gary A ^b   Witt, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0009970308     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/253802     Document Type: Article

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