Does it pay to know prices in health care?

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 154-179

  Lieber, Ethan M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 85017102239     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150124     Document Type: Article

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