NORMALIZING CONSUMER SURPLUS DATA FOR KOSOVO’S WTP FOR A MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE

• Authors: Muhaxheri Edmond , Szkudlarek Patrycja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The purpose of this paper is to show that consumer surplus for Kosovo’s expected mandatory health insurance fund do not follow a normal distribution. It shows the rationale used in obtaining the initial aggregate consumer surplus, the development Surplus-to-Exploitation, and Potential Entry Threshold indicators. It also provides the logic behind individualized data set which is used in normality testing. Normality is achieved through a Johnson Transformation; with Anderson-Darling test statistic being used to test this claim.

Keywords

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mandatory health insurance fund; Kosovo

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 81-88

Contributors

author

Muhaxheri Edmond

• Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana, Albania

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Szkudlarek Patrycja

• Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, Poland

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