National Health Insurance and precautionary saving: Evidence from Taiwan

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1873-1894

  Chou, Shin Yi ^a,d   Liu, Jin Tan ^b   Hammitt, James K ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

National Health Insurance; Precautionary saving; Prudence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141537992     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00205-5     Document Type: Article

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