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Moral hazard and Risk Speading in Partnerships

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Gaynor, M.
Gertler, P.

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Partnerships provide a classic of tradoff between risk spreading and moral hazard. The degree to which firms choose to spread risk and sacrifice efficiency incentive s depends upon risk preferences, for which data are typically unavailable. We use a unique dataset on medical group practice to investigate this tradoff.

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Paper provided by RAND - Reprint Series in its series Papers with number 96-09.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: RISK; HEALTH INSURANCE;

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