An Examination of Cost Economies in the United States Life Insurance Industry: ABSTRACT

An Examination of Cost Economies in the United States Life Insurance Industry: ABSTRACT

Using an industry sample of 423 U.S. life insurers, this study reports estimates of overall and product specific scale economies, as well as, pair-wise cost comple-mentarities for a wide variety of products. Estimates of these cost characteristics are provided for numerous output vectors since theor...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of risk and insurance 1992-03, Vol.59 (1), p.72
Hauptverfasser: Grace, Martin F, Timme, Stephen G
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