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  • Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, and Paul Schrimpf, Social Insurance Programs (Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, TAPES) (Journal of Public Economics, Volume 171, 2016), chap. 8, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/social-insurance-programs-trans-atlantic-public-economics-seminar-tapes/bunching-kink-implications-spending-responses-health-insurance-contracts.

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