The aim of this paper is to study the effects of product market competition on the explicit compensationpackages that … firms offer to their executives. In order to measure the net effect of competition we use twodifferent identification … estimates differences in differences coefficients. Ourresults show that a higher level of product market competition increases …

competition in the English NHS in January 2006 has prompted hospitals to become more efficient. Efficiency was measured using … results illustrate that hospitals exposed to competition after a wave of market-based reforms took steps to shorten the time … results suggest that hospital competition within markets with fixed prices can increase hospital efficiency. …

This paper uses a difference-in-difference style estimation strategy to test separately the impact of competition from … reforms forced public sector health care providers to compete with other public hospitals and eventually to face competition … efficiency. Our results suggest that competition between public providers prompted public hospitals to improve their productivity …

A fundamental question in monopolistic competition theory is whether the market allocates resources efficiently. This … distortions of imperfect competition. After determining the nature of market distortions, we investigate how integration may serve … as a remedy to imperfect competition. Both market distortions and the impact of integration depend on two demand side …

less productive firms use a lowered- powered one. International trade within an industry enhances market competition …