Anatomy of a Slow-Motion Health Insurance Death Spiral
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DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2014.982871
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- Frech, Ted E & Smith, Michael P, 2015. "Anatomy of a Slow-Motion Health Insurance Death Spiral," University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series qt0w64d54d, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara.
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