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Dangerous Liquidity and the Demand for Health Care

Evidence from the 2008 Stimulus Payments

Tal Gross and Jeremy Tobacman
Journal of Human Resources, March 2014, 49 (2) 424-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.2.424
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    • I. Introduction
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