Data impediments to empirical work on health insurance markets

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Dafny, Leemore ^a   Dranove, David ^a   Limbrock, Frank ^a   Scott Morton, Fiona ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

concentration; health insurance; market structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961174607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2822     Document Type: Article

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