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Creaming, skimping and dumping: provider competition on the intensive and extensive margins1

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  • Ellis, Randall P., 1998. "Creaming, skimping and dumping: provider competition on the intensive and extensive margins1," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(5), pages 537-555, October.
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