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Free to Choose? Reform and Demand Response in the English National Health Service

Gaynor, Martin; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The impacts of choice in public services are controversial. We exploit a reform in the English National Health Service …

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Extending Choice In English Health Care: The implications of the economic evidence

Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Wilson, Deborah - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Extending choice in health care is currently popular amongst English, and other, politicians. Those promoting choice … choice acts as a major driver for efficiency. Giving service users the ability to choose applies competitive pressure to … health care providers and, analogously with private markets, they will raise their game to attract business. The paper …

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Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service

Gaynor, Martin; Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo; Propper, Carol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on …

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Competition, Equity and Quality in HealthCare

Halonen-Akatwijuka, Maija; Propper, Carol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

health care markets. We show that competition generally favours the majority group as higher quality for the majority is an …

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Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS

Gaynor, Martin; Laudicella, Mauro; Propper, Carol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

half the short term general hospitals were involved in a merger, but that politics means that selection for a merger may be …

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Does quality affect patients’ choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK

Gravelle, Hugh S; Propper, Carol; Santos, Rita - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

important part of the health care market using data on the choices made by 3.4 million English patients from amongst nearly 1000 …

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Measuring Income Risk

Burgess, Simon; Gardiner, Karin; Jenkins, Stephen P; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We provide a critique of the methods that have been used to derive measures of income risk and draw attention to the importance of demographic factors as a source of income risk. We also propose new measures of the contribution to total income risk of demographic and labour market factors....

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Do Consumers Care About How Prices Are Set?

Courty, Pascal; Pagliero, Mario - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Using a survey approach, we ask consumers to reveal their preferences over pricing schemes that may differ in terms of the average price of consumption, the amount of price variation, and the probability of being rationed. We find that consumers dislike pricing schemes that vary prices more but...

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Matched Fundraising: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in which donations are matched by a lead donor. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera House, we mailed 14,000 regular opera attendees a letter describing a charitable...

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Comparing Charitable Fundraising Schemes: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment and a Structural Model

Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran; Shephard, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We present evidence from a natural field experiment and structural model designed to shed light on the efficacy of alternative fundraising schemes. In conjunction with the Bavarian State Opera, we mailed 25,000 opera attendees a letter describing a charitable fundraising project organized by the...

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