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When does cross-border acquisition of insurance firms lead to value creation?
Elango, B. - In: Journal of Risk Finance 7 (2006) August, pp. 402-414
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on international acquisitions that took place in the insurance sector by US-based firms in the years 1997-2003 and their impact on shareholder wealth. Design/methodology/approach – The study sample is based on 52 international acquisitions in...
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THE EVOLUTION OF INSURANCE MARKET IN ROMANIA
Mirabela, Florea Ianc Maria; Gabriela, Busan - In: Annals - Economy Series 2 (2013) April, pp. 148-154
Insurance is the economic activity that individuals and businesses are threatened by some danger that, if it would cause damage to health or even life or they can destroy property, agree to remove the financial effects of possible losses transfer to specialized companies in exchange for a sum of...
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The relationship between moral hazard and insurance fraud
Okura, Mahito - In: Journal of Risk Finance 14 (2013) February, pp. 120-128
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the insurance market in which moral hazard and insurance fraud coexist. In this situation, this research examines the relationship between moral hazard and insurance fraud. Also, this research shows how the amount of policyholder's effort...
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ANALIYSIS OF GENERAL INSURANCE IN THE CURRENT PERIOD
Maria-Elena, GHEORDUNESCU - In: Management Strategies Journal 20 (2013) 2, pp. 79-85
This paper aims to highlight the changes in the general insurance market in Romania in the past years. In the context of the financial and economic crisis, the Romanian insurance market recorded different siutations in recent years. It can be noticed that the growth rate slowed down compared...
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Evidence on the volatility of Indian and Japanese stock markets
Singh, Tarika; Mehta, Seema; Gupta, Deepali - In: American Journal of Finance and Accounting 2 (2010) 1, pp. 53-64
exchanges of India and Japan, respectively. The researchers have also tried to find out the impact of treasury bond rates … changes on insurance companies in Japan and banking companies in India. The study done is descriptive in nature where … insurance companies of Japan are more volatile to treasury bond rate changes as compared to Indian banking companies. …
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Auswirkungen der Deregulierung auf die Tarifgestaltung in der Lebensversicherung in Deutschland
Schneidawind, Detlef - 1996
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A Guide for Deficit Reduction in the United States Based on Historical Consolidations That Worked
hassett, kevin allen; Biggs, Andrew George; Jensen, … - American Enterprise Institute - 2010
fiscal consolidations. …
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What Are Their Words Worth? Political Plans And Economic Pains Of Fiscal Consolidations In New EU Member States
Schneider, Ondrej; Zápal, Jan - Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - 2006
then analyses reasons which led to periods of fiscal consolidations in NMS. Secondly, we also present evidence from Pre …
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The Effects of US Hospital Consolidations on Hospital Quality
Mutter, Ryan; Romano, Patrick; Wong, Herbert - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 18 (2011) 1, pp. 109-126
The spate of hospital consolidations that occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s had a profound impact on the US … hospital industry. However, only two published studies using data from five states examined the effects of these consolidations … on inpatient quality of care. This paper examines the impacts of hospital consolidations that occurred in 1999 and 2000 …
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Towards contemporary issues in the financial system
Chodnicka, Patrycja (contributor);  … - Wydział Zarządzania, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Changes in the financial market and attempts at implementation of prudential regulation proposals after the recent financial crisis resulted in the scientific conference entitled International Conference on Management, Banking and Finance, held at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw,...
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