Endogenous private health investment and the willingness to pay for public health projects: The effects of income

Economics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-420

  Liu, Liqun ^a   Neilson, William S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health improving projects; Income effect; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744404810     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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