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Moral hazard in health insurance / Amy Finkelstein ; with Kenneth J. Arrow, Jonathan Gruber, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Joseph E. Stiglitz

Author
Finkelstein, Amy
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Physical Description
1 online resource
Additional Creators
Arrow, Kenneth J. (Kenneth Joseph), 1921-2017, Gruber, Jonathan, Newhouse, Joseph P., and Stiglitz, Joseph E.
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Contents
Table of Contents; Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz ; Introduction, by Joseph P. Newhouse; Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: Developments Since Arrow (1963), by Amy Finkelstein; Commentary, by Jonathan Gruber; Commentary, by Kenneth J. Arrow; Commentary, by Joseph E. Stiglitz; Discussion; Arrow (1963): Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care, by Kenneth J. Arrow; Notes on Contributors; Index.
Summary
In this short and accessible book, Amy Finkelstein winner of the 2012 John Bates Clark award tackles the tricky question of moral hazard, which is the tendency to take risks when the cost will be borne by others. Kenneth J. Arrow's seminal 1963 paper," Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care" included in the volume was one of the first to explore the implication of moral hazard for healthcare, and in this book, Finkelstein examines this issue in the context of contemporary American health care policy. Showcasing research from a 1972 RAND experiment and her own findings from an.
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ISBN
9780231538688 (electronic bk.)
0231538685 (electronic bk.)
1322552908 (electronic bk.)
9781322552903 (electronic bk.)
9780231163804
0231163800 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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