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We empirically examine the determinants of adoption of information technology by primary healthcare clinics using a … large and complex market. Our study generates several interesting results related to the adoption and diffusion of Health … Information Technology (HIT), including: (1) the adoption probabilities vary considerably by the specific type of clinic; (2) in …
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In the United States child adoption costs vary considerably, ranging from no out-of-pocket expense to $50,000 or more …. What are the underlying causes for the variability in child adoption expenses? While cost variability is widely … adoption cost differentials are determined by adoptive parent preferences for adoptive child characteristics. We administered a …
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This paper explores different empirical strategies to examine the effect of cost sharing for prescription drugs in some dimensions of medication-related quality, namely the probability of inappropriate prescription drug use among United States seniors. Using data from 1996 to 2005, we explore...
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We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates standard risk aversion (diminishing marginal utility for wealth) and probability distortions. We find that probability distortions - characterized by substantial overweighting of small...
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adoption of generic competition. This paper aims to investigate how price regulations in the OECD affect the adoption of … heterogeneity. Ex-ante profit expectations result in faster adoption; both expected price and market size increase the probability … adoption across different specifications. Instead, evidence indicates that generic competitors follow a locally oriented …
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Understanding how price regulations affect the adoption of new patent-protected pharmaceutical technologies is a … statistically significant and robust price effect in the adoption of new pharmaceutical technologies; low-prices result in reduced … and slower adoption. Concentrated therapeutic subgroups, reflecting market crowding constitutes a significant barrier to …
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adoption significantly and improves student achievement. Our surveys show automatic enrollment is uncommon because its impact …
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survey data to analyse the impact of the reform on German firms. Many firms with substantial US revenues or production … expand in both countries. We subsequently extend our analysis to the global level using worldwide survey data. The results …
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This study uses survey data to investigate attitudes among Swiss voters to different models offering more freedom of …
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We repeatedly elicit beliefs about the returns to study effort, in a large university course. A behavioral model of quasi-hyperbolic discounting and malleable beliefs predicts that the dynamics of beliefs mirrors the importance of exerting self-control, such that believed returns increase as the...
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