Towards the 'Cult of the Equity'? Insurance Compamies and the Interwar Capital Market

P. Scott

Working Papers from Portsmouth University - Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the ways insurance companies modified their investment policies during the interwar years, arguing that this period marked the start of the transition from 'traditional' to 'modern' investment practice.

Keywords: INSURANCE; INVESTMENTS; INVESTMENT POLICY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 G22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2000
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