The link between life insurance activities and economic growth: Some new evidence

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 405-427

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a   Lee, Chi Chuan ^b   Chiu, Yi Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Half life; Life insurance premium; Panel cointegration; Panel SURADF test; Real GDP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874769405     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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