Profitability and efficiency in the U.S. life insurance industry

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-247

  Greene, William H ^a   Segal, Dan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost inefficiency; Life insurance; Organizational form; Profitability; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843145145     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PROD.0000022092.70204.fa     Document Type: Article

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