Non-linearity between life insurance and economic development: A revisited approach

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-257

  Chang, Chi Hung ^a   Lee, Chien Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

economic development; institutions; life insurance; non linearity; threshold regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865714329     PISSN: 1554964X     EISSN: 15549658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/grir.2011.10     Document Type: Review

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