Assessing the efficiency of an insurance provider-a measurement error approach

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-34

  Jametti, Mario ^a   Von Ungern Sternberg, Thomas ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C P ratio; CALS; Cost efficiency; Insurance; Measurement error; Public and private

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944470155     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10836-005-1105-4     Document Type: Review

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