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The insurance industry plays a substantive vitality in the growth of the economy. However, there is limited literature … on the activities of the insurance industry and economic growth in Ghana. As one of the fastest-growing economies in sub … economy, of which insurance cannot be underscored. Moreover, proxies used to measure insurance for developing economies …
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The financial sector has been one of the most profitable sectors of the Hungarian economy for years. The same financial sector which, in the nineties, underwent a painful and very expensive consolidation period. This matter of fact has drawn the researchers’ attention to that particular...
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The financial system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a history of relative soundness, particularly in banking … in the financial sector. The working hypothesis is that the insurance industry has improved its position, resulting in …
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We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and insurers differs, an interesting question from a supervisory point of view is the risk reduction that derives from diversification within large banks and financial...
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This paper analyses the impact of insurance sector development on economic growth based on a sample that includes 14 … employed and led to the following conclusions: (1) life insurance has no significant effect on economic growth in both panel … and individual countries, (2) non-life insurance positively affects economic growth in both panel and individual countries …
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We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. To …
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We study the role of distance and time in statistically explaining price dispersion for 14 commodities from 1732 to 1860. The prices are reported for US cities and Swedish market towns, so we can compare international and intranational dispersion. Distance and commodity-specific fixed effects...
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