Buzzacchi, Luigi and Valletti, Tommaso (1999) Firm size distribution: testing the "independent submarkets model" in the Italian motor insurance industry. EI (24). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper tests the presence of multiple independent submarkets in the Italian motor insurance industry. Independence is motivated by administrative boundaries among provinces and by further locational reasons. We find that the independence effects are sufficient to induce a minimum degree of inequality in the size distribution of firms once submarkets are aggregated. These results are fully consistent with the predictions of Sutton (1998). We also show that the degree of skewness in the firms size distribution is related to characteristics such as the population living in an area, its density and the riskiness of a submarket.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 Luigi Buzzacchi and Tommaso Valetti |
| Divisions: | STICERD |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G22 - Insurance; Insurance Companies |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2008 08:10 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 18:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6749 |
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