Asymmetric information and the demand for private health insurance in Korea

Economics Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-287

  Lee, Yong Woo ^a  

^a Korea Capital Market Institute in Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Private health insurance; Self assessed health status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860224671     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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