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The economics of transboundary river management

Ansink, Erik; Houba, Harold - 2014

We survey the economics of transboundary river water allocation, which emerged in the 1960s and has matured over the … attention to the strategic aspects of transboundary river water allocation. These strategic aspects are captured by employing … game theory to assess the economics of transboundary river water allocation in a simple model of river sharing. This model …

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Effectiveness of population-based hypertension screening : a multidimensional regression discontinuity design

Kaempfen, Fabrice; O'Donnell, Owen; Riumalló Herl, Carlos - 2023

Population-based screening can prevent disease but also induce false positives to use low-value healthcare. Using data on individuals aged 40+ in rural South Africa and a multidimensional regression discontinuity design, we estimate effects of clinical referral based on blood pressure (BP) above...

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Early hstory of cannabis use in Amsterdam

Ours, Jan C. van - 2025

Around 50 years ago, the Netherlands decriminalized cannabis for recreational use. This paper uses retrospective data on the ages at which individuals began and ceased cannabis use to reconstruct its prevalence in Amsterdam during the period surrounding the policy change. This approach enables a...

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Audit rates and compliance : a field experiment in long-term care

Lindeboom, Maarten; Klaauw, Bas van der; Vriend, Sandra - 2014

We provide evidence from a large-scale field experiment on the causal effects of audit rules on compliance in a market for long-term care. In this setting care should be provided quickly and, therefore, the gatekeeper introduced ex-post auditing. Our results do not show significant effects of...

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Universal coverage on a budget : impacts on health care utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures in Thailand

Supon Limwattananon; Neelsen, Sven; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2013

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The maximum number of parameters for the Hausman test when the estimators are from different Sets of equations

Nawata, Kazumitsu; McAleer, Michael - 2013

Hausman (1978) developed a widely-used model specification test that has passed the test of time. The test is based on two estimators, one being consistent under the null hypothesis but inconsistent under the alternative, and the other being consistent under both the null and alternative...

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Financial protection of patients through compensation of providers : the impact of health equity funds in Cambodia

Flores, Gabriela; Ir, Por; Men, Chean; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2011

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Free medicines thanks to retirement : moral hazard and hospitalization offsets in an NS

Puig-Junoy, Jaume; García Gómez, Pilar; Casado Marin, … - 2011

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Can risk adjustment prevent risk selection in a competitive long-term care insurance market?

Bakx, Piet; Schut, Erik; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2013

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Survival analysis of very low birth weight infant mortality in Taiwan

Chang, Chia-Lin; Chen, Wei-Chen; McAleer, Michael - 2014

This paper examines the determinants of very low birth weight infant (or neonatal) mortality using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research database from 1997 to 2009. After infants are discharged from hospital, it is not possible to track their mortality, so the Cox proportional hazard...

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