| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP4202
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| DP4202 Helicopter Money: Irredeemable Fiat Money and the Liquidity Trap |
| Willem Buiter
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| 发表日期 | 2004-01-23
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| 出版年 | 2004
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | This Paper exploits a unique micro-level data set on primary health care facilities in Uganda to address the question: What motivates religious not-for-profit (RNFP) health care providers? We use two approaches to identify whether an altruistic (religious) effect exists in the data. First, exploiting the cross-section variation, we show that RNFP facilities hire qualified medical staff below the market wage; are more likely to provide pro-poor services and services with a public good element; and charge lower prices for services than for-profit facilities, although they provide a similar (observable) quality of care. RNFP and for-profit facilities both provide better quality care than their government counterparts, although government facilities have better equipment. These findings are consistent with the view that RNFP are driven (partly) by altruistic (religious) concerns and that these preferences matter quantitatively. Second, we exploit a near natural experiment in which the government initiated a program of financial aid for the RNFP sector, and show that financial aid leads to more laboratory testing of suspected malaria and intestinal worm cases, and hence higher quality of service, and to lower user charges. These findings suggest that working for God matters. |
| 主题 | Public Economics
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| 关键词 | Religious not-for-profit health care providers
altruism
Natural experiment
Financial aid
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp4202
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/533170
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Willem Buiter. DP4202 Helicopter Money: Irredeemable Fiat Money and the Liquidity Trap. 2004.
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