Adverse selection and an individual mandate: When theory meets practice

American Economic Review

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1030-1066

  Hackmann, Martin B ^a   Kolstad, Jonathan T ^b   Kowalski, Amanda E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MASSACHUSETTS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924028207     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20130758     Document Type: Article

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