Equilibrium health spending and population aging in a model of endogenous growth: Will the GDP share of health spending keep rising?

Journal of Human Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 411-447

  Ehrlich, Isaac ^a   Yin, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84896296512     PISSN: 19328575     EISSN: 19328664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675640     Document Type: Article

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