Exclusive contracts in health insurance
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Keywords
health insurance; exclusive contract; subsidy; vertical restraint; signaling;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- L42 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Vertical Restraints; Resale Price Maintenance; Quantity Discounts
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2011-01-03 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-HEA-2011-01-03 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2011-01-03 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2011-01-03 (Microeconomics)
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