Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on the impact on service provision is … limited, mainly due to lack of exogenous variation in the degree of competition. In this paper we exploit that many GPs, in … observe the same GP in two different competitive environments; with competition (own practice) and without competition …

We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public … to the steady state. While fiercer competition (lower transportation costs or less sluggish demand) leads to higher … quality in both solutions, the quality response to increased competition is weaker when players use feedback strategies …

increases competition between the contestants, leading to higher total contest effort, unless the ex-post bargaining strength of … stronger competition. …

more agressive, which triggers price competition and potentially deters entry by generic producers. To investigate the … branded and generic drug prices and branded market shares. Despite fiercer price competition, the number of generic producers …

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …

demand. The merging firms will increase (reduce) both quality and price if the degree of competition is sufficiently stronger …