Measuring annual price elasticities in Dutch health insurance; a new method
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- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2007-11-24 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EEC-2007-11-24 (European Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2007-11-24 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2007-11-24 (Insurance Economics)
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