Health insurance and savings over the life cycle - A semiparametric smooth coefficient estimation

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-322

  Chou, Shin Yi ^a,b,e   Liu, Jin Tan ^b,c   Huang, Cliff J ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10044271225     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.735     Document Type: Article

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