One pool to insure them all? Age, risk and the price(s) of medical insurance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.05.001
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Asymmetric information; Adverse selection; Privacy laws;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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