Author’s Reply: Skewness and Stock Option Prices - Discussion by Terence Chan,Michel Jacques,Heinz H. Mu¨ller,Geérard Pafumi,Elias S.W. Shiu,and Serena Tiong,July 1997 |
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| Authors: | Hans U Gerber Bruno Landry |
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| Institution: | Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hankamer School of Business , Baylor University , P.O. Box 98004, Waco , TX 76798–8004 |
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| Abstract: | Abstract In recent years, the combined effects of deregulation in financial services, along with advances in telecommunications and information technology, are forcing far-reaching changes upon the insurance industry. The result is the industry is becoming more competitive. The emerging role of electronic commerce (e-commerce) is particularly important and interesting to study. I offer a brief survey of the role of e-commerce in the insurance industry. The paper is organized in the following manner: Section 1 summarizes Internet trends and discusses various related public policy issues; Section 2 addresses online insurance supply and demand; Section 3 discusses the economics of disintermediation and reintermediation and explains how this applies to e-commerce in the insurance industry. Finally, Section 4 offers a set of concluding remarks. |
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