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dc.contributor.author | Greß, Stefan | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tamm, Marcus | en |
dc.contributor.author | Tauchmann, Harald | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wasem, Jürgen | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T15:48:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T15:48:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18579 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aRheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) |cEssen | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aRWI Discussion Papers |x28 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C33 | en |
dc.subject.jel | I18 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Competition | en |
dc.subject.keyword | generalized method of moments | en |
dc.subject.keyword | health insurance | en |
dc.title | Price Elasticities and Social Health Insurance Choice in Germany: A Dynamic Panel Data Approach | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 488272807 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:rwidps:28 | en |
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