condition for designing effective policies is to identify who drives antibiotic treatment decisions, physicians or patient … demand. We measure the causal effect of physician practice style on antibiotic intake and health outcomes exploiting …

We analyze prescription behavior of physicians in the public and private sector. We study two major diseases for which … private sector physicians are more likely to prescribe the expensive medication. The result holds after controlling for … our cases, we further find that the same physicians prescribe different medication when working in different sectors …

entry by generic producers. Reference pricing shifts demand towards generics but also induces the branded producer to become …

Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on the impact on service provision is …

entry by generic producers. Reference pricing shifts demand towards generics but also induces the branded producer to become …

generics and their market shares. This relationship is stronger for pharmaceuticals under reference pricing rather than …

theoretical model that identifies primary drivers for individual demand for treatment insurance. The third step is to analyse a … public waiting lists affect the demand for privately bought insurance, while employer-provided insurance does not seem to be … important determinant of insurance demand. …

there is substantial variation in the quality of physicians, as measured by patients’ post-assignment mortality, in the …