, appropriately designed reputation mechanisms actually stimulate entry. Since quality increases but not prices, our data also suggest …

, appropriately designed reputation mechanisms actually stimulate entry. Since quality increases but not prices, our data also suggest …

reputation mechanisms actually stimulate it. Since quality increases but not prices, our data also suggest that the introduction …

Non-contractible quality dimensions are at risk of degradation when the provision of public services is privatized …. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with … opening to private provision affected mortality rates – an important and not easily contractible quality dimension – using a …

Many quality dimensions are hard to contract upon and are at risk of degradation when the service is procured rather …-contractible quality, and indicators of subjectively perceived quality of service. We estimate the effects of municipalities’ decision to … procure rather than produce in-house on non-contractible quality using a difference-in-difference approach and controlling for …