Incentive effects in the demand for health care: A bivariate panel count data estimation

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-405

  Riphahn, Regina T ^a,b,c,e   Wambach, Achim ^b,d   Million, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0042156947     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.680     Document Type: Article

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