Purpose: Numerous articles contain recommendations as to how emerging countries can attract foreign direct investment on terms that are beneficial to both the investing firm and the host society but very few explore the conditions for firms from emerging countries to invest abroad. The purpose...

This article examines the existence of a cyclical pattern in property-liability insurance for the US over the recent period 1982 to 2001 in connection with the international price of reinsurance during the same period. The fluctuations in the price of reinsurance during the past 20 years have...