Health insurance and the consumer bankruptcy decision: Evidence from expansions of Medicaid

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 767-778

  Gross, Tal ^a   Notowidigdo, Matthew J ^b  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Health insurance; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955043797     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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