A multi-product cost study of the U.S. life insurance industry

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-186

  Segal, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost function; Economies of scale; Economies of scope; Life insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843133564     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023098109619     Document Type: Article

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