Demand for medical care, consumption and cointegration

Economics Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-330

  Kong, Moon Kee ^a   Lee, Hoe Kyung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cointegration restriction; D91; Health capital; I1; Medical care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033461287     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00242-0     Document Type: Article

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