Total factor productivity growth in the Canadian life insurance industry: 1979-1989

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 500-517

  Bernstein, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSURANCE INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032845473     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136433     Document Type: Article

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