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Efficient monopolies : the limits of competition in the European property insurance market /

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This work provides evidence that state monopolies can produce better outcomes than the free market. It provides an empirical comparison of the property insurance market in five European countries - Britain, Spain, France, Switzerland and Germany.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas von
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:
Property insurance > Europe.
Property insurance > Europe > Cross-cultural studies.
Monopolies > Europe.
Monopolies > Europe > Cross-cultural studies.
Monopolistic competition.
Assurance de biens > Europe.
Assurance de biens > Europe > Études transculturelles.
Monopoles > Europe.
Monopoles > Europe > Études transculturelles.
Concurrence monopolistique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Monopolies
Monopolistic competition
Property insurance
Europe
Monopolie.
Verzekeringswezen.
Producentengedrag.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This work provides evidence that state monopolies can produce better outcomes than the free market. It provides an empirical comparison of the property insurance market in five European countries - Britain, Spain, France, Switzerland and Germany.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-155) and index.
ISBN:0199268819
9780199268818
9780191533358
0191533351
9780191600890
019160089X