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Efficiency in the international insurance industry: A cross-country comparison

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  22. Sepideh Kaffash & Marianna Marra, 2017. "Data envelopment analysis in financial services: a citations network analysis of banks, insurance companies and money market funds," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 253(1), pages 307-344, June.
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  27. Cecilia Dassatti & Rodrigo Lluberas, 2020. "The costs of annuitising: are retirees fairly charged?," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 45(3), pages 535-557, July.
  28. Karbhari, Yusuf & Muye, Ibrahim & Hassan, Ahmad Fahmi S. & Elnahass, Marwa, 2018. "Governance mechanisms and efficiency: Evidence from an alternative insurance (Takaful) market," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 71-92.
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  30. Mohammad Nourani & Qian Long Kweh & Irene Wei Kiong Ting & Wen-Min Lu & Anna Strutt, 2022. "Evaluating traditional, dynamic and network business models: an efficiency-based study of Chinese insurance companies," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 47(4), pages 905-943, October.
  31. Sepideh Kaffash & Reza Kazemi Matin & Mohammad Tajik, 2018. "A directional semi-oriented radial DEA measure: an application on financial stability and the efficiency of banks," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 264(1), pages 213-234, May.
  32. K. Kapil Raj & S. Srinivasan & C. D. Nandakumar, 2023. "Efficiency analysis of reinsurers in India: a three stage fuzzy closed system DEA approach," OPSEARCH, Springer;Operational Research Society of India, vol. 60(3), pages 1179-1201, September.
  33. Huang, Wei & Eling, Martin, 2013. "An efficiency comparison of the non-life insurance industry in the BRIC countries," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 226(3), pages 577-591.
  34. William WISE, 2018. "The importance of efficiency for life insurer profit: A study of Canadian life insurance companies," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Asociatia Generala a Economistilor din Romania - AGER, vol. 0(4(617), W), pages 179-204, Winter.
  35. Hwai-Shuh Shieh & Jin-Li Hu & Yong-Ze Ang, 2020. "Efficiency of Life Insurance Companies: An Empirical Study in Mainland China and Taiwan," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(1), pages 21582440209, February.
  36. Daniel Ofori-Sasu & John Kuwornu & Gloria Clarissa Dzeha & Baah Aye Kusi, 2022. "Risk behaviour and insurance efficiency: the role of ownership and regulations from an emerging economies," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 2(7), pages 1-30, July.
  37. Cecilia Dassatti & Rodrigo Lluberas, 2016. "The costs of annuitizing," Documentos de trabajo 2016004, Banco Central del Uruguay.
  38. Dean Uckar & Danijel Petrovic, 2022. "Efficiency Of Insurance Companies In Croatia," Economic Thought and Practice, Department of Economics and Business, University of Dubrovnik, vol. 31(1), pages 49-79, june.
  39. Suarez-Fernandez, Sara & Quiroga-Garcia, Raquel & Manzano-Perez, Isabel, 2021. "A Comparison of DEA and SFA Approaches: Application to the US Non-Life Insurance Market," Asian Journal of Applied Economics/ Applied Economics Journal, Kasetsart University, Faculty of Economics, Center for Applied Economic Research, vol. 28(2), pages 107-127, December.
  40. Qiao-Ming Lim & Hui-Shan Lee & Wai-Mun Har, 2021. "Efficiency, productivity and competitiveness of the Malaysian insurance sector: an analysis of risk-based capital regulation," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 46(1), pages 146-172, January.
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