The Relations among Organizational and Distribution Forms and Capital and Asset Risk Structures in the Life Insurance Industry

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-400

  Baranoff, Etti ^a   Sager, Thomas ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0242330728     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6975.t01-1-00057     Document Type: Article

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