The effects of medical insurance on durables consumption in rural China

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-187

  Ying, Meiling ^a   Du, Zaichao ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Consumer behaviour; Durables consumption; Medical insurance; Panel binary choice model; Rural regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860778738     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371211224764     Document Type: Review

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