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"slug" => "10314-choice-price-competition-and-complexity-in-markets-for-health-insurance"
"yearMonth" => "2009-08"
"year" => "2009"
"title" => "Choice, Price competition and Complexity in Markets for Health Insurance"
"description" => "FRANK, R. et LAMIRAUD, K. (2009). Choice, Price competition and Complexity in Markets for Health Insurance. <i>Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization</i>, 71(2), pp. 550-562.
FRANK, R. et LAMIRAUD, K. (2009). Choice, Price competition and Complexity in Markets for Health Ins
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"name" => "LAMIRAUD Karine"
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"name" => "FRANK R."
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Health insurance -\n
Consumer choice -\n
Price dispersion
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"fr" => """
TheUnited States and other nations rely on consumer choice and pricecompetition between\n
competing health plans to allocate resources in the health sector. While a great deal of\n
research has examined the efficiency consequences of adverse selection in health insurance\n
markets, less attention has been devoted to other aspects of consumer choice. The nation of\n
Switzerland offers a unique opportunity to study pricecompetition in health insurance markets.\n
Switzerland regulates health insurance markets with the aim of minimizing adverse\n
selection and encouraging strong price competition. We examine consumer responses to\n
price differences in local markets and the degree of price variation in local markets. Using\n
both survey data and observations on local markets we obtain evidence suggesting that as\n
the number of choices offered to individuals grows, their willingness to switch plans given\n
a set of price dispersion differences declines, which allows large price differences for relatively\n
a set of price dispersion differences declines, which allows large price differences for relatively\
homogeneous products to persist. We consider explanations for this phenomenon\n
from economics and psychology.
"""
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TheUnited States and other nations rely on consumer choice and pricecompetition between\n
competing health plans to allocate resources in the health sector. While a great deal of\n
research has examined the efficiency consequences of adverse selection in health insurance\n
markets, less attention has been devoted to other aspects of consumer choice. The nation of\n
Switzerland offers a unique opportunity to study pricecompetition in health insurance markets.\n
Switzerland regulates health insurance markets with the aim of minimizing adverse\n
selection and encouraging strong price competition. We examine consumer responses to\n
price differences in local markets and the degree of price variation in local markets. Using\n
both survey data and observations on local markets we obtain evidence suggesting that as\n
the number of choices offered to individuals grows, their willingness to switch plans given\n
a set of price dispersion differences declines, which allows large price differences for relatively\n
a set of price dispersion differences declines, which allows large price differences for relatively\
homogeneous products to persist. We consider explanations for this phenomenon\n
from economics and psychology.
"""
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"docTitle" => "Choice, Price competition and Complexity in Markets for Health Insurance"
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<span class="document-property-authors">LAMIRAUD Karine, FRANK R.</span><br><span class="document-pr
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<a href="#">Health insurance -\n
Consumer choice -\n
Price dispersion</a>
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<b>Choice, Price competition and Complexity in Markets for Health Insurance</b><br><span>2009-08 | J
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