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Change, Consolidation, and Competition in Health Care Markets
Gaynor, Martin - 1998
The health care industry is being transformed. Large firms are merging and acquiring other firms. Alliances and contractual relations between players in this market are shifting rapidly. Within the next few years, many markets are predicted to be dominated by a few large firms. Antitrust...
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Competition in Health Care Markets
Gaynor, Martin - 2011
This paper reviews the literature devoted to studying markets for health care services and health insurance. There has been tremendous growth and progress in this field. A tremendous amount of new research has been done in this area over the last 10 years. In addition, there has been increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461449
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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from PIRLS
Ammermueller, Andreas - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction
Morck, Randall K. - 2005
This paper presents a synopsis of recent NBER studies of the history of corporate governance in Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies underscore the importance of path dependence, often as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467625
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Medical Liability, Managed Care, and Defensive Medicine
Kessler, Daniel P. - 2000
system, the rise of managed care in the 1990s may affect the relationship between liability reform and defensive medicine. In … this paper, we assess empirically the extent to which managed care and liability reform interact to affect the cost of care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471238
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How Liability Law Affects Medical Productivity
Kessler, Daniel P. - 2000
Previous research suggests that "direct" reforms to the liability system -- reforms designed to reduce the level of compensation to potential claimants -- reduce medical expenditures without important consequences for patient health outcomes. We extend this research by identifying the mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471241
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NIH Peer Review : Challenges and Avenues for Reform
Azoulay, Pierre - 2012
and (2) the innovativeness of the research supported by the institutes. We identify potential avenues for reform as well …
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The changing hospital industry : comparing not-for-profit and for-profit institutions
Cutler, David M. (ed.) - 2000
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Social security pension reform in Europe
Feldstein, Martin S. (contributor);  … - 2002
economic point of view / Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise -- Labor mobility, redistribution, and pension reform in Europe / Alain …Pensions and contemporary socioeconomic change / Assar Lindbeck -- Different approaches to pension reform from an … pension system: status quo and reform options / Bert Rurup -- Swedish pension reform: how did it evolve, and what does it mean …
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