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dc.contributor.authorBrekke, Kurt Richard
dc.contributor.authorStraume, Odd Rune
dc.contributor.authorSiciliani, Luigi
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-28T07:29:32Z
dc.date.available2008-08-28T07:29:32Z
dc.date.issued2008-02
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/163132
dc.description.abstractWe analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect of free patient choice (monopoly versus competition) and increased competition through lower transportation costs (increased substitutability). With partially altruistic providers and a convex cost function that is non-separable in activity and quality, we show - in both cases - that the effect is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received theoretical literature, this is consistent with, and potentially explains, the mixed empirical evidence.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherNorwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2008:2en
dc.subjecthospitalsen
dc.subjectcompetitionen
dc.subjectqualityen
dc.titleHospital competition and quality with regulated pricesen
dc.typeWorking paperen
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212en


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