data collected on specialist physicians working in the Province of Quebec (Canada). Our data set contains information on … of policy reform under which physicians could choose between two compensation systems: the traditional fee …-for-service, under which physicians receive a fee for each service provided, and mixed remuneration, under which physicians receive a per …

behavior. These features include: (1) physicians can choose a payment contract from a menu that includes an enhanced fee … blended capitation contract; (3) physicians sort selectively into the contracts based on their preferences; and (4) physicians … in the blended capitation model provide fewer services than physicians in the enhanced fee-for-service model …

strategies for estimation. We also provide the associated asymptotic theory. These strategies are illustrated in an empirical …

class of indirect inference models. Our smoothing procedure makes use of importance sampling weights in estimation of the … auxiliary model on simulated data. The importance sampling weights are constructed from likelihood contributions implied by the …

provides an estimate of how bargaining power is distributed between patients and physicians …