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

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

patients who have greater scope for hospital choice, suggesting a role for patient demand in allocation in the hospital sector …

market shares at a point in time and are more likely to expand over time. For example, a 10 percent increase in hospital …

Entrepreneurs who start new firms may choose not-for-profit status as a means of committing to soft incentives. Such … incentives protect donors, volunteers, consumers and employees from ex post expropriation of profits by the entrepreneur. We … high quality products, the incentives are even softer, and, moreover, non-profit status can serve as a signal of that taste …

yields far more accurate estimates of hospital quality than previously available. We find that, on average, for …

This paper offers an empirical test of ownership mix efficiency in the U.S. hospital services industry. The test …