Efficiency Progress and Productivity Change in Germany Insurance Industry;Technischer Fortschritt und Produktivitätsveränderungen in der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 565-591

  Mahlberg, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a Forsch Inst für Europafragen ^*

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; European integration; Insurance; Malmquist Productivity Index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347372939     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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