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This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...
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If a free trade agreement (FTA) is characterized by the exchange of market access with a large and competitive trading partner, the agreement can cause a leakage of protectionist benefits to domestic industry from lobbying against external tariff cuts. This rent destruction effect of an FTA can...
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We consider the evolution of preferences when trade occurs between two countries. We show that if one country is much … larger than the other, its preferences can eventually take over the preferences of the second country. This result may … agreements. We also show that when the sensitivity of preferences to the relative price is high, the distribution of preferences …
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The sustainability of the welfare state ultimately depends on citizens’ preferences for income redistribution. They are …
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Tempelhof indicates that adaptive preferences may be important. …
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the marriage, in the case where preferences of partners are unknown, will be accepted. In this sense consumption is …
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