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Structure, Conduct And Performance Analysis Of The South African Auto Insurance Market: 1980‐2000

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  • André p. Liebenberg
  • David R. Kamerschen

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The traditional structure‐conduct‐performance framework makes the explicit prediction that market structure determines market conduct, performance and power. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate this prediction using the South African (SA) short‐term auto insurance market. The empirical evidence shows that a link between market structure and market conduct, performance and/or power is not present. “Prices” and profits are not statistically significantly related to various sellers’ concentration measure and do not follow any explicit trend over time. By construction, profits are directly related to “prices” and follow a cyclical trend, as observed in other countries. A secondary goal of this paper is to compare the findings for the US auto insurance market with the empirical evidence on the SA auto insurance market. While there are few similarities, there is an underwriting cycle in the SA auto insurance market such as is observed for the US auto insurance market.

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  • André p. Liebenberg & David R. Kamerschen, 2008. "Structure, Conduct And Performance Analysis Of The South African Auto Insurance Market: 1980‐2000," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 76(2), pages 228-238, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:sajeco:v:76:y:2008:i:2:p:228-238
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00178.x
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