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Peter Zweifel
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 376
Citations - 6047
Peter Zweifel is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & General insurance. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 367 publications receiving 5694 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Zweifel include World Bank & University of California, San Diego.
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Ageing of population and health care expenditure: a red herring?
TL;DR: The limited impact of age on HCE suggests that population ageing may contribute much less to future growth of the health care sector than claimed by most observers.
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Moral Hazard and Consumer Incentives in Health Care
Peter Zweifel,Willard G. Manning +1 more
TL;DR: There may be a dynamic moral hazard effect (choice biased in favor of new, usually more expensive medical technology) and another promising field for future research is the interplay between consumer incentives and rationing by the physician in managed care.
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Population ageing and health care expenditure: a school of ‘red herrings’?
TL;DR: A 'school of red herrings' can be claimed to exist-with the possible exception of LTC, where ageing might matter regardless of proximity to death.
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Population ageing and health care expenditure: new evidence on the "red herring"
TL;DR: This paper revisits the debate on population ageing and provides new empirical evidence, taking into account the methodological concerns that have been raised, and concludes that “it is time for time to death” in projections of future health care costs.
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Economic Theory of Choice and the Preference Reversal Phenomenon: A Reexamination
TL;DR: Grether and Plott as discussed by the authors found that a large number of participants stated a preference for the P bet in the first round; but placed a higher value on the other lottery, the M bet, in the second round.