The estimation of efficiency for life insurance industry: The case in Taiwan

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 847-860

  Hao, James C J ^a   Chou, Lin Yhi ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diversification of product strategy; Life insurance industry; Market power theory; X efficiency, Economies of scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544444600     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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