Insurance development and economic growth

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-199

  Han, Liyan ^a   Li, Donghui ^b   Moshirian, Fariborz ^b   Tian, Yanhui ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel data; Economic growth; Insurance development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951770623     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2010.4     Document Type: Article

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