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Does Insurance Market Activity Promote Economic Growth? A Cross-Country Study for Industrialized and Developing Countries

Insurance market activity, both as a financial intermediary and a provider of risk transfer and indemnification, may contribute to economic growth by allowing different risks to be managed more efficiently and by mobilizing domestic savings. During the past decade, there has been faster growth in in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arena, Marco
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BALANCE SHEETS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
BANKS
BORROWING
BUDGET SURPLUS
CAPITALIZATION
CONTRACTUAL SAVING
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS
CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COST OF CAPITAL
CREDIT RISK
DEFLATION
DEFLATORS
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXPORTS
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INSURANCE
INSURANCE MARKETS
INSURANCE PREMIUMS
INSURERS
LAWS
LIBERALIZATION
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS
LIQUIDITY
M2
NON-LIFE INSURANCE
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PREMIUMS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PROPERTY INSURANCE
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
RATES
REAL GDP
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REINSURANCE
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK TRANSFER
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SECURITIES MARKETS
STOCK MARKETS
STOCKS
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INSURANCE
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7269816/insurance-market-activity-promote-economic-growth-country-study-industrial-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9257

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7269816/insurance-market-activity-promote-economic-growth-country-study-industrial-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9257

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