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 …

more competition for their sons than daughters. Second, this gender difference can largely be explained by parents’ beliefs …

more agressive, which triggers price competition and potentially deters entry by generic producers. To investigate the … counter- vailing effects, we exploit a policy reform in Norway with a gradual implementation of reference pricing across … branded and generic drug prices and branded market shares. Despite fiercer price competition, the number of generic producers …

prices and features of goods without incurring search costs. The platform alleviates sellers' competition by charging them …

competition. Pass-through of the VAT reduction was higher in product groups with a large number of competing products. We …