On the codetermination of tax-financed medical R&D and healthcare expenditures: Models and evidence

被引：5

作者：

Batinti, Alberto ^{[1
]}

Congleton, Roger D. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Publ Econ & Adm Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China

[2] West Virginia Univ, Econ, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY | 2018年 / 54卷

关键词：

Welfare state; Public healthcare systems; R&D; Medical insurance; Median voter; Innovations in healthcare; EQUILIBRIUM;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.03.006

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper develops a model of voter choices regarding tax-financed healthcare R&D and healthcare, and provides statistical evidence that is consistent with the theoretical analysis. Healthcare expenditures and the level of healthcare technology are not entirely independent phenomena, as often assumed in theoretical and empirical work. Voter interests imply that electoral support for subsidizing healthcare R&D is likely to exist in both private and public healthcare systems. These subsidies in turn tend to increase the rate of innovation and thereby long-run demand for and cost of healthcare through effects on the effectiveness and menu of available healthcare treatments.

引用

页码：175 / 188

页数：14

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