Investment Efficiency of Life Insurance Companies in Germany : Application of a Two-Stage SBM

• Autorzy: Thomas Krupa , Kirils Farbarzevics , Bassam Salame
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose - To prove the robustness of the efficiency-measuring model against potentially system-relevant disturbances to company variables such as SIZE, ROA, solvency and organizational form.
Methodology - In the first stage, the established model is applied using the SBM to measure insurance efficiency. The underlying data sets are from the twenty biggest life insurance companies (2008-2017) in Germany. In the second stage, the established model is examined for its robustness against disturbance variables. Several disturbance variables are introduced individually to the system and examined for their influence by three econometric methods, Tobit regression, OLS and the fixed-effect model. This approach allows a comparative analysis of the results with respect to the systemic relevance of every added variable. In the end, the accuracy of the second stage is compared through the Spearman test.
Findings - The comparative analysis of all three econometric techniques brought ROA as an efficiency-influencing variable. Furthermore, both proved econometric models Tobit and OLS are SBM-suitable with cross-sectional data. Further evidence for SBM compatibility are found for Tobit and the fixed-effect model with panel data. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Effectiveness; Investment; Insurances; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

PL

Efektywność; Inwestycje; Ubezpieczenia; Metoda DEA (analiza obwiedni danych)

• Czasopismo: Współczesna Gospodarka
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 10
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 79--91

Twórcy

autor

Thomas Krupa

• University of Gdansk, doctoral student; University of Kobe Japan

autor

Kirils Farbarzevics

• University of Gdansk, doctoral student; Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts Business and Computer Science; Hamburger FH University of Applied Sciences

autor

Bassam Salame

• University of Gdansk, doctoral student

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DOI

10.26881/wg.2019.1.08