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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

52 (1) 2018 135 – 144

Box Cox- Fourier Flexible Functional Forms in Stochastic Metafrontier Analysis: The Cost Efficiency of the Insurance Industry in Malaysia
Analisis Perbatasan Meta Stokastik Menggunakan Fungsian Fleksibel Box-Cox Fourier: Kecekapan Kos Industri Insurans di Malaysia

Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA

roziana.baharin@ukm.edu.my

Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA

zaidiisa@ukm.edu.my

Abstract

Takaful insurance industry is growing rapidly after nearly 30 years of operation. It is therefore desirable for the performance of this industry to be assessed to measure its level of achievement. Since the industry comprises conventional and Takaful insurance industries, then the form of organisation may affect the efficiency. This study used the Meta Stochastic Analysis Parametric Approach in order to measure the relationship between efficiency and organisational structure for family Takaful operators and life insurance operators in Malaysia. The analysis of this study applied the modified Box Cox Fourier functional form for a period of time ranging from 2004 to 2015. The findings showed that there is a significant difference in cost efficiency between the Takaful industry and the life insurance industry. Overall, the Takaful industry has lower cost efficiencies than conventional insurance, proving that the form of organisation has an effect on efficiency. The findings also showed that the average difference in cost efficiency is influenced by technology level gaps.

Keywords

efficiency; insurance; stochastic metafrontier; takaful
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2018-5201-11
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Baharin, , & isa, (2018). Box Cox- Fourier Flexible Functional Forms in Stochastic Metafrontier Analysis: The Cost Efficiency of the Insurance Industry in Malaysia. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 52(1), 135–144. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2018-5201-11

@article{baharin2018box,
  title={Box Cox- Fourier Flexible Functional Forms in Stochastic Metafrontier Analysis: The Cost Efficiency of the Insurance Industry in Malaysia},
  author={Baharin, Roziana and isa, zaidi},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={52},
  number={1},
  pages={135—144},
 

year={2018},
}

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