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Social insurance, incentives and risk taking

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Hans-Werner Sinn

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Volume (Year): 3 (1996)
Issue (Month): 3 (July)
Pages: 259-280
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  8. Konrad, K.A., 1991. "Risk Taking And Taxation In Complete Capital Markets," Papers 90-91-20, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
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  12. Christiansen, V., 1990. "Subsidization Of Risky Investment Under Income Taxation And Moral Hazard," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 357, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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  14. Shavell, Steven, 1979. "On Moral Hazard and Insurance," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 93(4), pages 541-62, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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