Societies prohibit many transactions considered morally repugnant, although potentially efficiency-enhancing. We … conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and efficiency of payments to kidney donors …

The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in … measurement errors and apply the model to a data set on 19 firms in housing insurance markets in Switzerland. We show that the … public insurance providers are about 20 per cent more cost efficient than their private counterparts. …

We conduct a stated-choice experiment where respondents are asked to rate various insurance products aimed to protect … equilibrium for long-term care insurance using the framework developped by Einav et al. (2010). We investigate in turn causes for … the low observed take-up of long-term care insurance in Canada despite substantial residual out-of-pocket financial risk …

This paper investigates the impact of health risk on insurance contract with hazard moral. We use a bi …-dimensional utility function (wealth and health status). We prove that the type of health risk influences the equilibrium of insurance … market. A full coverage is possible with moral hazard. Finally, the link between health risk and co-payment can be invalided. …

informal caregiving are borne by the caregiver and may consist of worse health outcomes and, if the caregiver has not retired …, worse labor market outcomes. We estimate the impact of providing informal care to one’s partner on the caregiver's health … using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We exploit the panel structure of the data …

allowed to over-bill. We exploit 2005 and 2008 Public Health insurance administrative data on GPs activity and fees. We use …

large and complex market. Our study generates several interesting results related to the adoption and diffusion of Health … findings have the potential to provide a better understanding of the longer-run effectiveness and efficiency in the provision … ; primary care ; health information technology ; electronic medical records ; technology ; adoption ; diffusion ; urban and …

Does medical insurance affect health care demand and in the end contribute to improvements in the health status …? Evidence for China for the year 2004, by means of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), shows that health insurance … does not affect health care demand in a significant manner. Counterfactuals suggest that full insurance coverage of the …

Does medical insurance affect health care demand and in the end contribute to improvements in the health status …? Evidence for China for the year 2004, by means of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), shows that health insurance … does not affect health care demand in a significant manner. Counterfactuals suggest that full insurance coverage of the …

Does medical insurance affect health care demand and in the end contribute to improvements in the health status …? Evidence for China for the year 2004, by means of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), shows that health insurance … does not affect health care demand in a significant manner. Counterfactuals suggest that full insurance coverage of the …