Minimum standards, insurance regulation and adverse selection: Evidence from the Medigap market

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2515-2547

  Finkelstein, Amy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Health insurance; Insurance regulation; Minimum standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444345310     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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