Under pressure: how the business environment affects productivity and efficiency of European life insurance companies

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• 作者：Martin Eling ; ^{martin.eling@unisg.ch} ; Philipp Schaper ^{philipp.schaper@unisg.ch}
• 关键词：Data envelopment analysis ; Multi-stage DEA ; Uncontrollable variables ; OR in insurance
• 刊名：European Journal of Operational Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 May 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：258
• 期：3
• 页码：1082-1094
• 全文大小：734 K
• 卷排序：258

文摘

First application of multi-stage DEA to the life insurance industry. Productivity and efficiency analysis of European life insurance companies. Demonstration of the importance of controlling for environmental impacts. Environmental conditions are important drivers of efficiency. Sample covers complete economic cycle and divergent business environments.