Syllabus

1. Demand for health and health services

The concept of health production; the basic Grossman model; the investment model

  • Grossman, M., (2000). Chapter 7: The human capital model. Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 1, Edited by A.J. Culyer and J.P Newhouse
  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 3 (Individual as Producers of Their Health)

 

2. Demand for health and health services

The consumption mode; empirical evidence for the Grossman model; further extensions of the Grossman model

  • Grossman, M., (2000). Chapter 7: The human capital model. Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 1, Edited by A.J. Culyer and J.P Newhouse
  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 3 (Individual as Producers of Their Health)

 

3. Demand for health and health services

Is an ounce of prevention better than a pound of cure?

  • Hey, J.D., Patel, M.S., (1983). Prevention and cure? Or: is an ounce of prevention better than a pound of cure? Journal of Health Economics 2, 119-138

4. Health insurance

Basic model; market equilibrium under symmetric information; market equilibrium under asymmetric information

  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 5 (Health Goods, Market Failure and Justice)

 

5. Health insurance

Ex ante moral hazard; ex post moral hazard

  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 6 (Optimal Health Insurance Contracts)

 

6. Health insurance

Direct risk selection; indirect risk selection; advantageous selection

  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 7 (Risk Selection in Health Insurance)
  • Einav, l., Finkelstein, A. (2011). Selection in Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures. Journal of Economic Perspectives 25, 115-138
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