A financial-economic evaluation of insurance guaranty fund system: An agency cost perspective

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1107-1129

  Han, Li Ming ^a   Lai, Gene C ^b   Witt, Robert C ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Guaranty funds; Insurance; State preference model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206135     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(97)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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