Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46570 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3439
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper examines the role of both cost-sharing schemes in health insurance systems and entry regulation for pharmaceutical R&D expenditure, drug prices, aggregate productivity, and income. The analysis suggests that both an increase in the coinsurance rate and stricter price regulations adversely affect R&D spending in the pharmaceutical sector. In contrast, entry deregulation may lead to quality-improvements of pharmaceuticals, despite reducing price-setting power of pharmaceutical companies. Extension to an endogenous growth context suggests that, when individual labor supply depends on health status, both cost-sharing and entry barriers in the pharmaceutical sector also affect aggregate productivity and wage rates.
Subjects: 
aggregate productivity
cost-sharing
entry deregulation
health insurance
pharmaceutical innovation
JEL: 
I10
L10
O30
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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