Measuring Total Factor Productivity of China Provincial Non-Life Insurance Market: A DEA-Malmquist Index Method

Table 3

Average non-life insurance efficiency of the three regions in China during the sample period.

Area	Tfpch	Tech	Effch	Pech	Sech
Eastern	0.980	0.977	1.004	1.003	1.002
Western	1.027	1.015	1.001	1.001	1.000
Central	1.013	1.007	1.005	1.006	1.004

Note. The provinces in the eastern region include Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan. The provinces in the central region include Shanxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan. The provinces in the western region include Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Xizang, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Shanxi, Gansu, Guangxi, and Neimenggu.