Price elasticities and social health insurance choice in Germany: a dynamic panel data approach

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.creator	Greß, Stefan	-
dc.creator	Tamm, Marcus	-
dc.creator	Tauchmann, Harald	-
dc.creator	Wasem, Jürgen	-
dc.date	2005	-
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-16T07:00:37Z	-
dc.date.available	2013-10-16T07:00:37Z	-
dc.date.issued	2013-10-16	-
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18579	-
dc.identifier	ppn:488272807	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18579	-
dc.description	In 1996 free choice of health insurers has been introduced in the German social health insurance scheme. Competition between insurers was supposed to increase efficiency. A crucial precondition for effective competition among health insurers is that consumers search for lower-priced health insurers.We test this hypothesis by estimating the price elasticities of insurers? market shares. We use unique panel data and specify a dynamic panel model to explain changes in market shares. Estimation results suggest that short-run price elasticities are smaller than previously found by other studies. In the long-run, however, estimation results suggest substantial price effects.	-
dc.language	eng	-
dc.publisher		-
dc.relation	RWI Discussion Papers 28	-
dc.rights	http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen	-
dc.subject	C33	-
dc.subject	I18	-
dc.subject	ddc:330	-
dc.subject	Competition	-
dc.subject	generalized method of moments	-
dc.subject	health insurance	-
dc.title	Price elasticities and social health insurance choice in Germany: a dynamic panel data approach	-
dc.type	doc-type:workingPaper	-
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