Choice inconsistencies among the elderly: Evidence from plan choice in the Medicare Part D program

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1180-1210

  Abaluck, Jason ^a   Gruber, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; COST SAVINGS; HUMANS; MEDICARE PART D; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959880321     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.4.1180     Document Type: Article

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