The determinants of the demand for life insurance in an emerging economy -the case of China

Managerial Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 82-96

  Hwang, Tienyu ^a   Gao, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Napier University Business School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting research; China; Demand; Life insurance; Markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249090557     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350310768779     Document Type: Article

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