essays in public finance and industrial organization a dissertation ...

List of Tables
1.1 Asset Exemption Laws by State ..................... 52
1.2 Implied First Stage Estimates ...................... 53
1.3 Baseline Coverage Estimates ....................... 54
1.4 Sensitivity Analysis of the Effect on Coverage ............. 55
1.5 Heterogeneity in the Effect on Coverage ................. 56
1.6 The Effect on Assets ........................... 57
1.7 The Effect on Premiums ......................... 58
1.8 Baseline Costs Estimates ......................... 59
1.9 Sensitivity Analysis of the Effect on Costs ............... 60
1.10 Micro-Simulation Estimates of Percent Covered Without and With
Bankruptcy Insurance by Insurance Status ............... 61
1.11 Policy Counterfactuals .......................... 62
1.12 Summary Statistics: Seizable Assets by Insurance Status ....... 63
1.13 Summary Statistics: Medical Costs by Insurance Status ........ 63
1.14 Summary Statistics: Premiums ..................... 64
1.15 Costs and Premiums by Deductible Level ................ 64
2.1 Risk and Demographics .......................... 102
2.2 Plan Characteristics ........................... 103
2.3 Risk and Demographics by Plan ..................... 104
2.4 Demand Model .............................. 105
2.5 Costs and Bids .............................. 106
2.6 Matching and Welfare under Alternative Contribution Policies .... 107
2.7 Matching and Welfare by Risk Score Quintile ............. 108
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