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Economies of scope in financial services: A DEA efficiency analysis of the US insurance industry

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  1. Dafydd Mali & Hyoung-Joo Lim, 2022. "Does relative (absolute) efficiency affect capital costs?," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 315(2), pages 1037-1060, August.
  2. Xun Liu & Xiaoliang Yu & Simon Gao, 2019. "A quantitative study of financing efficiency of low‐carbon companies: A three‐stage data envelopment analysis," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(5), pages 858-871, July.
  3. Alfred A. Haug & Vincent C. Blackburn, 2013. "Efficiency Aspects of Government Secondary School Finances in New South Wales: Results from a Two-Stage Double-Bootstrap DEA at the School Level," Working Papers 1316, University of Otago, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2013.
  4. Sanjukta Sarkar, 2016. "The Dynamics of Revenue Diversification and Efficiency of Banks in India," IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, , vol. 5(2), pages 156-172, July.
  5. Mohammad Nourani & Qian Long Kweh & Evelyn Shyamala Devadason & V.G.R. Chandran, 2020. "A decomposition analysis of managerial efficiency for the insurance companies: A data envelopment analysis approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(6), pages 885-901, September.
  6. Ndlovu, Thabang, 2022. "Are South African Medical Schemes Efficient? A Longitudinal Analysis," MPRA Paper 115507, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  7. Wise William, 2020. "The Importance of the Efficiency of Mutual Life Insurers: A Comparison to Stock Life Insurers," Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, Sciendo, vol. 20(1), pages 474-505, June.
  8. Norashikin Ismail & Prof. Dr. Datuk Syed Othman Alhabshi & Prof. Obiyathulla Bacha, 2011. "Organizational Form And Efficiency: The Coexistence Of Family Takaful And Life Insurance In Malaysia," Journal of Global Business and Economics, Global Research Agency, vol. 3(1), pages 122-137, July.
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  10. Hela Miniaoui & Anissa Chaibi, 2014. "Technical Efficiency of Takaful Industry: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and GCC Countries," Working Papers 2014-55, Department of Research, Ipag Business School.
  11. Garam Ahn & Frederick Dongchuhl Oh & Junghum Park, 2020. "The Efficiency of Financial Holding Companies in Korea," Korean Economic Review, Korean Economic Association, vol. 36, pages 29-58.
  12. Biener, Christian & Eling, Martin & Jia, Ruo, 2016. "The Roles of Industry Idiosyncrasy, Cost Efficiency, and Risk in Internationalization: Evidence from the Insurance Industry," Working Papers on Finance 1602, University of St. Gallen, School of Finance.
  13. Léopold Simar & Paul Wilson, 2011. "Two-stage DEA: caveat emptor," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 205-218, October.
  14. Li, Yang, 2020. "Analyzing efficiencies of city commercial banks in China: An application of the bootstrapped DEA approach," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
  15. Miguel Mello & Jorge Ponce, 2022. "Structure and Competition in the Uruguayan Banking Sector," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 271-300, September.
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  18. Shoaib Alam Siddiqui, 2022. "How efficient is Indian health insurance sector: An SBM‐DEA study," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(4), pages 950-962, June.
  19. Shim Jeungbo, 2017. "Does Diversification Drive Down Risk-adjusted Returns? A Quantile Regression Approach," Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, De Gruyter, vol. 11(2), pages 1-32, July.
  20. Biener, Christian & Eling, Martin & Wirfs, Jan Hendrik, 2016. "The determinants of efficiency and productivity in the Swiss insurance industry," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 248(2), pages 703-714.
  21. Jacob A. Bikker, 2017. "Performance of the life insurance industry under pressure: efficiency, competition and consolidation," Chapters, in: Jacob A. Bikker & Laura Spierdijk (ed.), Handbook of Competition in Banking and Finance, chapter 9, pages 152-182, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  22. Thomas Url, 2014. "Schwaches Wirtschaftswachstum dämpft 2013 Privatversicherungsgeschäft," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 87(9), pages 609-618, September.
  23. Lucia Spotorno & Ornella Moro, 2020. "Do bank-affiliated P&C insurers perform better? An empirical investigation," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 45(2), pages 225-255, April.
  24. Lotfi Ben Jedidia & Imed Medhioub, 2015. "The Efficiency of Saudi Arabia Insurance Companies," International Journal of Management Sciences, Research Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 5(3), pages 237-248.
  25. Sabri Boubaker & Riadh Manita & Salma Mefteh-Wali, 2022. "Foreign currency hedging and firm productive efficiency," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 313(2), pages 833-854, June.
  26. Patricia Born & Amanda Cook & Tice Sirmans & Charles Yang, 2023. "Are health insurers in multiple lines of business less profitable? An examination of scope economies in health insurance," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 90(1), pages 185-212, March.
  27. Sabri Boubaker & Riadh Manita & Wael Rouatbi, 2021. "Large shareholders, control contestability and firm productive efficiency," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 296(1), pages 591-614, January.
  28. Jin Lung Peng & Lih Ru Chen & Jennifer L. Wang & Larry Y. Tzeng, 2017. "Diversification Versus Strategic Focus: Evidence from Insurance Intermediaries in Taiwan," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 42(3), pages 530-555, July.
  29. Sepideh Kaffash & Marianna Marra, 2017. "Data envelopment analysis in financial services: a citations network analysis of banks, insurance companies and money market funds," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 253(1), pages 307-344, June.
  30. Boudhayan Sen & Jiwoong Shin & K. Sudhir, 2012. "Demand Externalities from Co-Location," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1850, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
  31. Abhilash Nair & Vinod R, 2015. "Determinants of allocative, scale and scope efficiencies of Indian banks," Working papers 177, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.
  32. Maher Abdellatif & Yuantao Xie & Rady Hussein & Doaa Hasaballa, 2024. "Determinants of Productivity of Conventional and Takaful Non-Life Insurers in Egypt: A Two-Stage Malmquist Productivity Index," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 42(1), pages 121-137.
  33. Patty Duijm & Ilke Van Beveren, 2022. "Product diversification as a performance boosting strategy? Drivers and impact of diversification strategies in the property‐liability insurance industry," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 25(3), pages 303-328, September.
  34. Che, Xin & Liebenberg, Andre P., 2017. "Effects of business diversification on asset risk-taking: Evidence from the U.S. property-liability insurance industry," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 122-136.
  35. Muhammed Altuntas & Thomas R. Berry-Stölzle & J. David Cummins, 2021. "Enterprise risk management and economies of scale and scope: evidence from the German insurance industry," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 299(1), pages 811-845, April.
  36. Mohammad Nourani & Qian Long Kweh & Irene Wei Kiong Ting & Wen-Min Lu & Anna Strutt, 2022. "Evaluating traditional, dynamic and network business models: an efficiency-based study of Chinese insurance companies," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 47(4), pages 905-943, October.
  37. Camanho, Ana Santos & Silva, Maria Conceicao & Piran, Fabio Sartori & Lacerda, Daniel Pacheco, 2024. "A literature review of economic efficiency assessments using Data Envelopment Analysis," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 315(1), pages 1-18.
  38. Radojko LUKIC & Miro SOKIC & Dragana Vojteski KLJENAK, 2017. "Efficiency Analysis Of Banking Sector In Republic Of Serbia," Business Excellence and Management, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 7(4), pages 5-17, December.
  39. Huang, Wei & Eling, Martin, 2013. "An efficiency comparison of the non-life insurance industry in the BRIC countries," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 226(3), pages 577-591.
  40. Hwai-Shuh Shieh & Jin-Li Hu & Yong-Ze Ang, 2020. "Efficiency of Life Insurance Companies: An Empirical Study in Mainland China and Taiwan," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(1), pages 21582440209, February.
  41. Olivier de Bandt & George Overton, 2022. "Why do insurers fail? A comparison of life and nonlife insurance companies from an international database," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 89(4), pages 871-905, December.
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  43. Sang-Lyul Ryu & Jayoun Won, 2022. "The Value Relevance of Operational Innovation: Insights from the Perspective of Firm Life Cycle," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-18, February.
  44. Alaa Alden Al Mohamed & Sobhi Al Mohamed, 2023. "Application of fuzzy group decision-making selecting green supplier: a case study of the manufacture of natural laurel soap," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 1-20, December.
  45. Al-Amri, Khalid & David Cummins, J. & Weiss, Mary A., 2021. "Economies of scope, organizational form, and insolvency risk: Evidence from the takaful industry," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
  46. María Rubio‐Misas, 2022. "Analysis of insurers' performance using frontier efficiency and productivity methods. The great contributions by David Cummins and Mary Weiss," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 25(4), pages 445-489, December.
  47. Amelia Bilbao-Terol & Mar Arenas-Parra & Raquel Quiroga-García & Celia Bilbao-Terol, 2022. "An extended best–worst multiple reference point method: application in the assessment of non-life insurance companies," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 22(5), pages 5323-5362, November.
  48. Barry Sheehan & Christian Humberg & Darren Shannon & Michael Fortmann & Stefan Materne, 2023. "Diversification and Solvency II: the capital effect of portfolio swaps on non-life insurers," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 48(4), pages 872-905, October.
  49. Qiao-Ming Lim & Hui-Shan Lee & Wai-Mun Har, 2021. "Efficiency, productivity and competitiveness of the Malaysian insurance sector: an analysis of risk-based capital regulation," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 46(1), pages 146-172, January.
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  51. Shoaib Alam Siddiqui & Ali Shaddady, 2023. "How Profit Efficient is Indian Life Insurance Industry: A DEA Study," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
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