Paying for health insurance: The trade-off between competition and adverse selection

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 433-466

  Cutler, David M ^a   Reber, Sarah J ^a  

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EID: 0007909334     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555649     Document Type: Article

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