empirical context of cardiovascular care within hospitals, we first examine the relationship between a hospital's level of … complementarities to examine: (1) the extent to which a hospital's specialization in areas related to cardiovascular care directly … impacts performance on cardiovascular patients (positive spillovers) and (2) whether the marginal benefit of a hospital …

hospital ownership in the urban context. We examine differences in the provision of profitable and unprofitable medical … services in rural areas across nonprofit, for-profit, and government hospitals. We also consider the effect of hospital … ownership mix within rural hospital markets. We find that rural nonprofit hospitals are more likely than for-profit hospitals to …

their classmates do worse. The theory presented below reconciles all of these facts by recognizing that classroom teaching … ranges away from equilibrium levels will adversely affect educational output. The theory argues for a particular non … by lowering class size. The theory provides a measurable and operational way to define school quality that can be tested …

these constraints undermine the feasibility of marginal cost pricing, and hence the applicability of the first-best theory …