The determinants of corporate financial performance in the Bermuda insurance market

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-143

  Adams, M ^a   Buckle, M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; MARKETING; SERVICE SECTOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 19844367586     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100210105030     Document Type: Article

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