Perceived quality of public services, liquidity constraints, and the demand of private specialist care

Empirical Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 487-511

  Baldini, Massimo ^a   Turati, Gilberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demand of private specialist care; In kind transfers; Liquidity constraints; Opting out; Quality of public services

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EID: 84857918075     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-011-0509-5     Document Type: Article

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