Can health insurance coverage explain the generic competition paradox?

Ida Ferrara and Ying Kong

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 101, issue 1, 48-52

Abstract: In the context of a three-stage model with consumers differing in their health insurance coverage, the paper shows that there exist conditions under which the price of brand-name drugs increases following the entry of generic drugs.

Keywords: Brand-name; pricing; Generic; entry; Generic; competition; paradox; Health; insurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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