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The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in … measurement errors and apply the model to a data set on 19 firms in housing insurance markets in Switzerland. We show that the … public insurance providers are about 20 per cent more cost efficient than their private counterparts. …
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Western multinational corporations (MNCs) increasingly locate advanced functions, including product development and engineering, in emerging economies to gain access to lower-cost science and engineering (S&E) talent and specialized service providers. Over time, new S&E clusters have developed...
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American International Group, Inc. (AIG), a large insurance company, received a massive bailout during the financial … the company and some of its insurance subsidiaries. The paper argues that regulatory responses to AIG have been inapt. AIG …
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safety revolution occurred that saw shipping losses and insurance rates on oceanic routes almost halved thanks to steady …
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