Is the Demand for Corporate Insurance a Habit? Evidence of Organizational Inertia from Directors' and Officers' Insurance
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Keywords
directors' and officers' insurance; habit formation; corporate insurance and risk management; board compensation; assurance de la responsabilité civile des administrateurs et des dirigeants; formation d'habitudes; assurances et gestion des risques des entreprises; rémunération des conseils d'administration;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IFN-2004-06-07 (International Finance)
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