Private long-term care insurance and state tax incentives

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Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-321

  Stevenson, David G ^a   Frank, Richard G ^a,b   Tau, Jocelyn ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MARKET; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAX;

EID: 70449629150     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.03.305     Document Type: Article

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