Journal article
The Role of Medical Expenditure Risk in Portfolio Allocation Decisions
Health economics, Vol.26(11), pp.1447-1458
11/01/2017
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3437
PMID: 27723184
Abstract
Economic theory suggests that medical spending risk affects the extent to which households are willing to accept financial risk, and consequently their investment portfolios. In this study, we focus on the elderly for whom medical spending represents a substantial risk. We exploit the exogenous reduction in prescription drug spending risk because of the introduction of Medicare Part D in the U.S. in 2006 to identify the causal effect of medical spending risk on portfolio choice. Consistent with theory, we find that Medicare-eligible persons increased risky investment after the introduction of prescription drug coverage, relative to a younger, ineligible cohort. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Role of Medical Expenditure Risk in Portfolio Allocation Decisions
- Creators
- Padmaja Ayyagari - University of IowaDaifeng He - Swarthmore College
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health economics, Vol.26(11), pp.1447-1458
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/hec.3437
- PMID
- 27723184
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
- eISSN
- 1099-1050
- Number of pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984363572302771
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