Genetic Information: Comparing Alternative Regulatory Approaches when Prevention Matters
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- Francesca Barigozzi & Dominique Henriet, 2011. "Genetic Information: Comparing Alternative Regulatory Approaches When Prevention Matters," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 13(1), pages 23-46, February.
- F. Barigozzi & D. Henriet, 2009. "Genetic Information: Comparing Alternative Regulatory Approaches when Prevention Matters," Working Papers 657, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
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Keywords
health insurance markets; information gathering; discrimination risk; classification risk; self-insurance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2009-04-13 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-HEA-2009-04-13 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2009-04-13 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-REG-2009-04-13 (Regulation)
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