) to estimate cost and profit efficiency scores. In the second stage, the authors measure insurance market competition … competition and efficiency in insurance markets.  …Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical effect of competition on cost and profit efficiency in …

behaviour by testing the structure-conduct-performance (S-C-P) hypothesis for both life and non-life insurance markets in Ghana … the Herfindahl Hirschman Index and concentration ratio as proxies for the S-C-P hypothesis while efficiency scores were … for both life and non-life insurance markets. While conflicting results was found for SCP hypothesis in the non …

efficiency and the productivity of the European insurance industries, the authors use the flexible Fourier cost function and they …, not only efficiency scores in each country have changed, but also the order of non‐life insurance systems. Also, the CEO …Purpose – Many factors like CEO (“the chief executive officer”) decision can influence efficiency and productivity in …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

organizations are disability organizations in contact with? (2) what influences selection of partner organizations? (3) in what …