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The Transition to the Single Market in the German Insurance Industry

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  • Bernhard Mahlberg
  • Thomas Url

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  • Bernhard Mahlberg & Thomas Url, 2000. "The Transition to the Single Market in the German Insurance Industry," WIFO Working Papers 131, WIFO.
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