I exploit a plausibly exogenous change in hospital financial incentives to examine whether the behavior of private not …

positive income effects on charity care supply, convex preferences for the nonprofit hospital imply crowding out by other …

degree of competition in a market with the share of nonprofits: the availability of economic profits under for-profit status …

, we find that both kinds of competition lower interest rates, at least in the hospital sector …We explore the effects of two kinds of competition on the cost of capital in the tax-exempt bond market: (1 …) competition amongst underwriters and (2) competition amongst issuers (most of which are quasi-public special authorities …

We study the consequences of hospital competition for Medicare beneficiaries' heart attack care from 1985 to 1994. We … hospital markets, and how hospital competition interacts with the influence of managed care organizations to affect the key … the sample period partially explains the dramatic change in the impact of hospital competition …

In this paper we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The paper begins with a … ways that might affect the optimality of competition. The paper then focuses on the main areas in which antitrust has been … applied to health care: hospital mergers, monopsony, and foreclosure. In each of these sections we review the relevant …

in consolidation has led to concern about competition in local markets for hospital services. We examine the effect of … market structure on competition in local hospital markets -- specifically, does the hardness of competition increase with the …There has been considerable consolidation in the hospital industry in recent years. Over 900 deals occurred from 1994 …

straightforward empirical tests from a model of patient demand, procedure quality, and differentiated product competition. Using … hospital data on electrophysiological studies, an invasive cardiac procedure, I find evidence of entry-deterring investment in …

in the charity care supply equations. This raises the possibility that competitive pressures and limits on hospital …

The impact of insurer competition on welfare, negotiated provider prices, and premiums in the U.S. private health care … industry is theoretically ambiguous. Reduced competition may increase the premiums charged by insurers and their payments made … hospital-insurer bargaining over premiums and reimbursements, household demand for insurance, and individual demand for …