Delay and Public Expenditure Determination for Health Care

Amedeo Fossati () and Rosella Levaggi
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Amedeo Fossati: Università di Genova

Rivista di Politica Economica, 2007, vol. 97, issue 2, 167-194

Abstract: In this model we use delay as a tool to reduce demand in a public health care system when the public resources are not sufficient to match demand. Our results show that: 1) the presence of a waiting time implies that politicians might well exploit voters’ unease in order to set rent seeking practices, because the voting agenda might be not straightforward; 2) the waiting time may be used to improve incomes redistribution when the Government has a strong preference towards the provision of health care, and against money transfer outlays.

JEL-codes: H51 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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