Mergers and acquisitions in the US property-liability insurance industry: Productivity and efficiency effects

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-55

  Cummins, J David ^a   Xie, Xiaoying ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Malmquist; Mergers and acquisitions; Productivity and efficiency; Property liability insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649024988     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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