A two-stage DEA to analyze the effect of entrance deregulation on Iranian insurers: A robust approach

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jalali Naini, Seyed Gholamreza ^a   Nouralizadeh, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEA MODELS; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; INSURANCE MARKETS; OUTPUT PARAMETERS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; ROBUST APPROACHES; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; STATE-OWNED COMPANIES;

COMMERCE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEREGULATION;

EID: 84867921221     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: 15635147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/423524     Document Type: Article

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