Evaluating the efficiency and productivity of insurance companies with a malmquist index: A case study for Portugal

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 244-267

  Barros, Carlos Pestana ^a   Barroso, Nazaré ^a   Borges, Maria Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Malmquist index; Portugal; Productivity change

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444416427     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510029     Document Type: Article

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