Ownership structure and control: Property-casualty insurer conversion to stock charter

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 117-144

  Mayers, David ^a   Smith, Clifford W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter conversion; Insurance; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036289782     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014377819009     Document Type: Article

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