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Self-insuranceWelfareCasualty insuranceIncentiveGeneral insuranceIncome protection insuranceGroup insuranceMedicaidActuarial sciencePayrollBusinessPublic economicsInsurance policyEconomicsHealth careHealth policyEconomic growthMicroeconomics
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- 2
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Richard Zeckhauser
(1970).
Medical insurance: A case study of the tradeoff between risk spreading and appropriate incentives.
Journal of Economic Theory
, 2
(1)
, 10-26.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(70)90010-4
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- 10.1016/0022-0531(70)90010-4