Why are insurance companies different? The limits of convergence among financial institutions

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-388

  Beltratti, Andrea ^a   Corvino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution; Financial innovation; Insurance companies; Liabilities; Regulation; Securitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249095827     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2008.13     Document Type: Article

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