This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation. A growth model is … competition (PMC) and innovation is an inverted U-shape. Second, the equilibrium degree of technological neck-and-neckness' among … developed in which competition may increase the incremental profit from innovating; on the other hand, competition may also …

host-country research and development effort in response to foreign competition, is one of three examining the impact of …

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … competition on not only clinical outcomes but also productivity and expenditure. Our data set is large, containing information on …

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … survival rates from emergency heart attack admissions (AMI). More importantly, we find that higher competition (as indicated by …

implications of these changes for the nature and consequences of competition in health care markets. In this paper, we summarize … industry for competition, efficiency, and public policy. As will become apparent, this area offers a number of intriguing …

of market structure on quality of health care. The paper then moves on to consider competition in health insurance …

This paper builds a model of stock exchange competition tailored to the institutional and regulatory details of the …-frequency trading. The robust conclusion is that private innovation incentives are much smaller than the social incentives, especially …

Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, individual creativity has received … effects of competition on individuals' creative production. Using a sample of commercial logo design competitions, and a novel …, content-based measure of originality, I find that intensifying competition induces agents to produce original, untested ideas …

We study why high-priced acquisitions of entrants by an incumbent do not necessarily stimulate more innovation and …