In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … similar population of agents. In Germany and in comparable economies, three types of hospitals can be found: private for …

deregulation policies in highereducation on the requirements for student input. Requirements decline ifuniversities can choose the …

. Many empirical studies suggest that financial reform promoted bank competition in most mature and emerging economies …. However, some earlier studies that adopted conventional approaches to measure competition concluded that bank competition in … Panzar- Rosse H-statistic fail to measure competition in Chinese loan markets properly due to the system of interest rate …

der Flächennutzung. In Teilbereich II wird die Problematik einer effizienten Regulierung auf unvollkommenen Energiemärkten … environmental and energy economics. The common basis of the single articles is the analysis of regulation models. Theoretically, the … structured in three different parts. The first part includes an analysis of land use policy with a second best optimal regulation …

maintenance for over 100 years.Firstly, legal exceptions, allowing some margin for price competition are investigated. In the … service may even rise after abolition of RPM, if competition in service proves important in winning new customers …

. h. ein Abbau von Marktzutrittsschranken durch Deregulierung. Wettbewerb stößt in Netzindustrien jedoch an Grenzen, weil … einerseits eine Vielzahl theoretisch ungelöster Fragen aufwirft und für die andererseits nunmehr auch in Deutschland … Wirtschaftsbereiche in der Vergangenheit. Entgegen den für eine marktwirtschaftliche Ordnung charakteristischen Prinzipien Wettbewerb und …

institutional economics to public utilities and public utility regulation, the theoretical insights of the new institutional … economics have been applied to many aspects of public utility industry structure, governance, and regulation. The contributions … recent developments in the electric utility industry--most notably, the rapid trend toward competition in electric generation …