On technical efficiency of China's insurance industry after WTO accession

China Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-86

  YAO, Shujie ^a,b   HAN, Zhongwei ^a   FENG, Genfu ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; DEA; Efficiency; Insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846129075     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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