U.S. reinsurance prices, financial quality, and global capacity

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 437-467

  Weiss, Mary A ^a   Chung, Joon Hai ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4744367368     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4367.2004.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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