Rate regulation, competition, and loss reserve discounting by property-casualty insurers

Accounting Review

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-138

  Nelson, Karen K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Discretionary accruals; Loss reserves; Present value; Property casualty insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034406404     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2000.75.1.115     Document Type: Article

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