Using two-stage DEA to measure managerial efficiency change of non-life insurance companies in Taiwan

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-401

  Hwang, Shiuh Nan ^a   Kao, Tong Liang ^b  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Efficiency change; Non life insurance company; OLS regression model; Tobit regression model; Two stage DEA

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549098326     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2008.019362     Document Type: Article

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