Evaluating cost efficiency and returns to scale in the Life Insurance Corporation of India using data envelopment analysis

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-285

  Tone, Kaoru ^a   Sahoo, Biresh K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

DEA; Economies of scale; LIC; Returns to scale; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INSURANCE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 20344382250     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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