Health insurance reform: The impact of a Medicare buy-in

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 315-329

  Hansen, Gary D ^a   Hsu, Minchung ^b   Lee, Junsang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Incomplete markets; Life cycle model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904870846     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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