DEA evaluations of the efficiency of organizational forms and distribution systems in the US property and liability insurance industry

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1235-1247

  Brockett, P L ^a   Cooper, W W ^a   Golden, L L ^a   Rousseau, J J ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); RANGE ADJUSTED MEASURE (RAM); RANK ORDER STATISTICS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032207341     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207729808929612     Document Type: Article

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