How Deregulation Shapes Market Structure and Industry Efficiency: The Case of the Italian Motor Insurance Industry

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-218

  Turchetti, Giuseppe ^a   Daraio, Cinzia ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

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EID: 1842590476     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0440.2004.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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