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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083844
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067537
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854479
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083309
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083932
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084725
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067349
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Unshrouding Effects on Demand for a Costly Add-on: Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey
Alan, Sule; Cemalcilar, Mehmet; Karlan, Dean S.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Models of shrouding predict that firms lack incentives to compete on add-on prices. Working with a large Turkish bank to test SMS direct marketing promotions to 108,000 existing checking account holders, we find that messages promoting a large discount on the overdraft interest rate reduce...
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You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening and Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment
Bryan, Gharad; Karlan, Dean S.; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We examine a randomized trial that allows separate identification of peer screening and enforcement of credit contracts. A South African microlender offered half its clients a bonus for referring a friend who repaid a loan. For the remaining clients, the bonus was conditional on loan approval....
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Follow the Money: Methods for Identifying Consumption and Investment Responses to a Liquidity Shock
Karlan, Dean S.; Osman, Adam; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...
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