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Competition and market power in physician private practices
Gunning, Timothy; Sickles, Robin - In: Empirical Economics 44 (2013) 2, pp. 1005-1029
This article presents a theoretical and empirical model to examine competition in physician private practices … implementing a conjectural variation framework. Our study uses the 1998 American Medical Association Physician Socioeconomic … Monitoring Survey and tests for collusion and market power in physician private practices. The year 1998 is of particular …
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Do hospitals react to penalties? : the impact of financial penalties on hospital score reporting behavior
Marier, Allison - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 49 (2015) 1, pp. 227-251
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Water losses and hydrographical regions influence on the cost structure of the Portuguese water industry
Martins, Rita; Coelho, Fernando; Fortunato, Adelino - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 38 (2012) 1, pp. 81-94
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Are Public Universities of Bangladesh Cost Efficient? An Empirical Evidence
Mamun, Shamsul Arifeen Khan - In: South Asia Economic Journal 12 (2011) 2, pp. 221-237
This article empirically estimates a stochastic cost function and thereby estimates local economies of scale and cost-efficiency measures of the public universities in Bangladesh. A flexible quadratic cost function, an unbalanced panel dataset and the maximum likelihood estimation technique have...
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Non-jointness and scope economies in the multiproduct symmetric generalized McFadden cost function
Stewart, Kenneth - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 32 (2009) 3, pp. 161-171
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Measuring performance in the presence of stochastic demand for hospital services: an analysis of Belgian general care hospitals
Smet, Mike - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 27 (2007) 1, pp. 13-29
Since demand for hospital services is subject to substantial variability, the relationship between uncertain demand, excess capacity, hospital costs and performance should be investigated thoroughly. In this paper a waiting time indicator to proxy hospital standby capacity is incorporated into a...
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The Optimal Size of German Child Care Centers and the Impact of Regulation: Estimating the Cost Function of a Regulated Mulzi-Product Firm
Boenisch, Peter; Tagge, Sven - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 232 (2012) 5, pp. 545-566
Using a unique data set on German child care centers, we estimate a long-run multi-product cost function for child care provision in Germanywhile taking into account legal minimal labor input restrictions. For a representative child care center we find economies of scale, a U-shaped average cost...
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Economies of scale and scope at public master's institutions : evidence accounting for spatial interdependency
Vamosiu, Adriana; McClure, Kevin R.; Titus, Marvin A. - In: Education economics 26 (2018) 5/6, pp. 516-533
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The influence patient's characteristics "requests and expectations" on physician prescribing behavior : a review
Mohsen Ali Murshid; Zurina Mohaidin; Goh Yen Nee - In: International journal of pharmaceutical and healthcare … 10 (2016) 4, pp. 390-411
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Understanding why the role of accounting is unchanged in Indonesian public hospitals
Fahlevi, Heru - In: Journal of accounting & organizational change 12 (2016) 2, pp. 203-222
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