Internal versus external capital markets in the insurance industry: The role of reinsurance

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 173-188

  Powell, Lawrence Skinner ^a   Sommer, David William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Internal capital markets; Reinsurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547728741     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-007-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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