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. 2008 May;98(2):157-162.
doi: 10.1257/aer.98.2.157.

Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance

David M Cutler  1 , Amy Finkelstein, Kathleen McGarry
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Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance

David M Cutler et al. Am Econ Rev. 2008 May.
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