We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …) patients choose a hospital based in part on waiting times; and (iii) hospitals incur waiting time penalties. We show that … to higher waiting times. These results are robust to different game-theoretic solution concepts, designs of the hospital …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …

of the hospital from a fringe institution to one essential to the practice of medicine. Despite the central role of …. In this paper, we explore how access to the hospital and modern medicine affects mortality. We do so by leveraging a … combination of novel data and a unique quasi-experiment: a large-scale hospital modernization program introduced by The Duke …

We consider the regulation of national firms in a common market. Regulators can influence the production of national …

We study the nature of individual demands for environmental regulation and for trade openness in the general … respect to the stringency of regulation. Moreover, even though trade has the potential to benefit everyone, the poor may … oppose trade openness because of a concern that laxer environmental regulation will then be imposed in the interest of the …