Does risk equalization reduce the viability of voluntary deductibles?
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Keywords
Health insurance; Voluntary deductibles; Moral hazard; Risk aversion; Self selection; Risk equalization; I11; D82; D84; G22;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
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