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Can the affordable care act provisions explain the recent wave of acquisitions in the health insurance industry?

Haowen LuoDepartment of Accounting and Finance, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Zafar NazarovDepartment of Economics, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, USA
Pages 1234-1237 | Published online: 14 Nov 2018

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