Gaynor, Martin; Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo; Propper, Carol - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (2013) 4, pp. 134-66
The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on inference from nonexperimental data. In contrast, this paper exploits a procompetitive policy reform to provide estimates of the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The...