Income-Based Price Subsidies, Parallel Imports and Markets Access to New Drugs for the Poor

In health markets, government policies tend to subsidise poorer groups. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the implications of an income-based subsidy policy on the incentives of countries to implement price arbitrage and of firms to provide market access to poorer groups.

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Year of publication:	2008-12
Authors:	Acharyya, Rajat ; Garcia-Alonso, Maria D.C.
Institutions:	School of Economics, University of Kent
Subject:	Pharmaceuticals \| Income Based Subsidies \| Parallel Imports \| Market Access

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Studies in Economics. - ISSN 1466-0814.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	D4 - Market Structure and Pricing ; L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance ; I1 - Health
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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