Quantitative analysis of health insurance reform: Separating regulation from redistribution

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-404

  Pashchenko, Svetlana ^a   Porapakkarm, Ponpoje ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

General equilibrium; Health insurance; Health reform; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878382045     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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