Private insurance, selection, and health care use: A Bayesian analysis of a roy-type model

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-415

  Deb, Partha ^a   Munkin, Murat K ^b   Trivedi, Pravin K ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor visits; Incentives; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750525501     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500106000000323     Document Type: Article

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