Economic, demographic, and institutional determinants of life insurance consumption across countries

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-88

  Beck, Thorsten ^a   Webb, Ian ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b International Insurance Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INSURANCE SYSTEM; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0038162237     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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