Capital allocation for insurance companies - What good iS iT

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-317

  Gründl, Helmut ^a   Schmeiser, Hato ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 34249058378     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2007.00214.x     Document Type: Review

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