The evolution and development of the Swedish insurance market

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-370

  Lindmark, Magnus ^a   Andersson, Lars Fredrik ^b   Adams, Mike ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic history; Economic theory; Insurance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750420468     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200600969398     Document Type: Review

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