Allowing for three labor market settings (perfect competition or right-to-manage bargaining, efficient bargaining and … period 1994-2006 in Japan and 7,828 firms over the period 1993-2008 in the Netherlands, we first apply two procedures to … classify 30 comparable manufacturing industries in 6 distinct regimes that differ in terms of the type of competition …

effects from "double marginalization" resulting from reduced competition among retailers. The imposition of exclusivity …

implications of these changes for the nature and consequences of competition in health care markets. In this paper, we summarize … industry for competition, efficiency, and public policy. As will become apparent, this area offers a number of intriguing …

The impact of insurer competition on welfare, negotiated provider prices, and premiums in the U.S. private health care … industry is theoretically ambiguous. Reduced competition may increase the premiums charged by insurers and their payments made …

of market structure on quality of health care. The paper then moves on to consider competition in health insurance …