The welfare impact of reducing choice in medicare part D: A comparison of two regulation strategies

International Economic Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1155-1177

  Lucarelli, Claudio ^a,d,e   Prince, Jeffrey ^b   Simon, Kosali ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867376000     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2012.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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