Efficiency and demutualization: Evidence from the U.S. life insurance industry in the 1980s and 1990s

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 683-711

  Jeng, Vivian ^a   Lai, Gene C ^b   McNamara, Michael J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548254877     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2007.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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