The reinsurance decision in life insurance firms: An empirical test of the risk-bearing hypothesis

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-30

  Adams, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 37549061878     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.1996.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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