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The price of “zero” in child healthcare
Is the "zero price" a special price that is inherently different from other very low prices? This is the question posed by Professors Toshia…
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- Child Healthcare
Toshiaki Iizuka
Toshiaki Iizuka is a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo. His research interests are in the field of health economics and industrial organization. He has written articles on incentives and information in the healthcare markets, which appeared in leading economics journals, including the American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, and Journal of Health Economics. Dr. Iizuka currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Economics and Health Economics, and a member of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a committee of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare that decides medical fees and drug prices. He was Dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo, between 2016 and 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MIA from Columbia University, and an ME and BE from the University of Tokyo.
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