Adverse Selection and Private Health Insurance Coverage in India A Rational Behaviour Model of Insurance Agents under Asymmetric Information
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Health Insurance; Insurance Agent; Asymmetric Information; Adverse Selection and Insurance Habit;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2010-07-31 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-HEA-2010-07-31 (Health Economics)
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