Paying a Premium on Your Premium? Consolidation in the U.S. Health Insurance Industry
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- Leemore Dafny & Mark Duggan & Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, 2012. "Paying a Premium on Your Premium? Consolidation in the US Health Insurance Industry," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(2), pages 1161-1185, April.
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JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
- L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2009-10-31 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-HEA-2009-10-31 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2009-10-31 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2009-10-31 (Microeconomics)
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