Competition Among Insurers and Consumer Welfare
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Keywords
Medical insurance; consumer welfare; insurer competition; bargaining;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2016-03-10 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IAS-2016-03-10 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-IND-2016-03-10 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MKT-2016-03-10 (Marketing)
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