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Brekke, Kurt R.; Nuscheler, Robert - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2003

the secondary care market. Patients are either informed or uninformed when accessing the hospital market. We consider two …

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Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic? Access markup as a collusive device and a barrier to entry

Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Vagstad, Steinar - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2004

Received literature have shown that if competing networks are restricted to linear and uniform pricing, high access charges can facilitate collusion; a result that breaks down if we allow for non-linear and discriminatory pricing, however. In this paper we add unbalanced calling pattern to the...

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Managerial delegation and merger incentives

Straume, Odd Rune - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2003

We analyse how the internal organisation of firms affects the correspondence between private and social incentives for horizontal merger. Applying a model of endogenous merger formation in a three-firm asymmetric Cournot industry, we contrast the cases of entrepreneurial and managerial firms....

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Provision of Renewable Energy using Green Certificates: Market Power and Price Limits

Amundsen, Eirik S.; Nese, Gjermund - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2012

We formulate an analytic equilibrium model for simultaneously functioning electricity market and a market for Green Certificates. The major focus of the paper is the effect of market power in a Green Certificate system. One of the main results from the analysis is that the certificate system...

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Does variation in GP practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP—patient data

Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Islam, M. Kamrul - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2011

In many countries, the social insurance system is under pressure from an ageing population. An increasing number of people are on sickness benefits and disability pensions in Norway. The general practitioner (GP) is responsible for assessing work capacity and issuing certificates for sick leave...

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Access to Primary Health Care and Health Outcomes: The Relationships between GP Characteristics and Mortality Rates

Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2005

This paper analyses the impact of economic conditions and access to primary health care on health outcomes in Norway. Total mortality rates, grouped into four causes of death, were used as proxies for health, and the number of general practitioners (GPs) at the municipality level was used as the...

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Imitators and Optimizers in a Changing Environment

Hehenkamp, Burkhard; Kaarbøe, Oddvar M. - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2003

We analyze the dynamic interaction between imitation and myopic optimization in an environment of changing marginal payoffs. Focusing on finite irreducible environments, we unfold a trade-off between the degree of interaction and the size of environmental shocks. The optimizer outperforms the...

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Multitasking, Quality and Pay for Performance

Kaarbøe, Oddvar M.; Siciliani, Luigi - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2011

We present a model of optimal contracting between a purchaser and a provider of health services when quality has two dimensions. We assume that one dimension of quality is veri?able (dimension 1) and one dimension is not verifiable (dimension 2). We show that the power of the incentive scheme...

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Price and Frequency Choice under Monopoly and Competition in Aviation Markets

Carlsson, Fredrik - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2002

equilibrium price is higher and the aggregate frequency is lower than under competition. The estimations show that market … the hypothesis that the aggregate frequency is the same under monopoly as it is under competition; the aggregate frequency …

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Hospital Capacity, Waiting Times and Sick Leave Duration - an Empirical Analysis of a Norwegian Health Policy Reform

Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Kjerstad, Egil - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2012

A health policy reform aiming to reduce hospital waiting times and sickness absences, the Faster Return to Work (FRW …. We use a unique dataset on individuals where we match hospital data with social security data and socio …-economic characteristics. The main idea behind the reform is that long waiting times for hospital treatment lead to unnecessarily long periods …

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