Changes in the demand for private medical insurance following a shift in tax incentives
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Private health insurance; tax reform; Spain.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2007-05-12 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2007-05-12 (Insurance Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2007-05-12 (Public Economics)
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