Dynamics of underwriting profits: Evidence from the U.S. insurance market

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Jiang, Shi jie ^a   Nieh, Chien Chung ^b  

^a HSUAN CHUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ARDL approach; Insurance cycle; Underwriting profits

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956198578     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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