| dc.creator |
Greß, Stefan |
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| dc.creator |
Tamm, Marcus |
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| dc.creator |
Tauchmann, Harald |
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| dc.creator |
Wasem, Jürgen |
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| dc.date |
2005 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T07:00:37Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T07:00:37Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18579 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:488272807 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18579 |
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| 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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
|
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| dc.relation |
RWI Discussion Papers 28 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
C33 |
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| dc.subject |
I18 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Competition |
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| dc.subject |
generalized method of moments |
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| dc.subject |
health insurance |
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| dc.title |
Price elasticities and social health insurance choice in Germany: a dynamic panel data approach |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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