This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …

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

of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation …We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received …