Cost efficiency in Australian general insurers: A non-parametric approach

British Accounting Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-108

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a   Hurley, Emily V ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Commonwealth Department of the Treasury ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 0036335311     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.2002.0185     Document Type: Article

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