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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Feldstein 1973<br />

x = non-medical consumption<br />

H(s, m) = health as a fn. of disease state and medical care.<br />

Assume H is concave in m<br />

Let U(x, H) = utility over the two goods<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 182 / 207

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