Is the market classification of risk always efficient?: evidence from German third party motor insurance

Reimund Schwarze; Thomas Wein

Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance

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Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance. / Schwarze, Reimund; Wein, Thomas.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2005. (Working paper series in economics; No. 3).

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Schwarze, R & Wein, T 2005 'Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance' Working paper series in economics, no. 3, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Schwarze, R., & Wein, T. (2005). Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance. (Working paper series in economics; No. 3). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Schwarze R, Wein T. Is the market classification of risk always efficient? evidence from German third party motor insurance. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2005 Mar 1. (Working paper series in economics; 3).

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