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We present a Hotelling model of price and advertising competition between prescription drugs that differ in quality/side e¤ects. Advertising results in the endogenous formation of two consumer groups: brand loyal and non-brand loyal ones. We show that advertising strategies are strategic...
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Cross-country variability in regulatory frameworks, industrial policy, physician/pharmacy autonomy, brand/generic distinctions, and in the practice of medicine contributes to ambiguous interpretations of pharmaceutical cost comparisons. Here we report cross-country comparisons that: (i) focus on...
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that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of sunk … costs and, in particular, market size on entry and exit rates. We analyse a stochastic dynamic model of a monopolistically … show existence and uniqueness of a stationary equilibrium with simultaneous entry and exit: efficient firms survive while …
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In this paper we discuss determinants of firm survival and growth in Germany within its pre-1989 boundaries. We argue that the legal form adopted by a firm is an important indicator of the riskiness of projects undertaken, and that firms under limited liability should be characterized by higher...
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from the Census of Production. We examine the relative importance of 'internal' restructuring (such as new technology and … organizational change) and 'external' restructuring (the process by which less efficient establishments exit and more efficient …
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We provide a modeling framework to think about selective contracting in the health care sector. Two health care providers differ in quality and costs. When buying health insurance, consumers observe neither provider quality nor costs. We derive an equilibrium where health insurers signal...
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Recent theoretical models argue that a bank’s organizational structure reflects its lending technology. A … communication technology, have a wider span of organization, and are further removed from a decision unit with lending authority … organizational structure and technology of rival banks in the vicinity influence local banking competition. …
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The 1998 reform of the Italy's retail trade sector delegated the regulation of entry of large stores to the regional governments. We use the local variation in regulation to determine the effects of entry barriers on firms' performance for a representative sample of retailers. We address the...
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Standard insurance models predict that people with high (health) risks have high insurance coverage. It is empirically documented that people with high income have lower health risks and are better insured. We show that income differences between risk types lead to a violation of single crossing...
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. In this paper we use a Hotelling model with two regions that differ in technology to study the impact of patient mobility …
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