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 … Auswirkungen von Wettbewerb im Krankenhausmarkt auf die Qualität der Gesundheitsversorgung.ii) Der Gesundheitssektor ist auch …

privatization stimulated competition in fixed line telecommunications and helped increasing efficiency. Prices in fixed line …. During the last decade telecommunications regulators successfully opened the markets and helped fostering competition … result of increasing competitive pressure? These are important topics for future telecommunications regulation and this …

opened to competition. The most viable practice was call-by-call services in telecommunications markets. Entrants were … regulatory authorities all over the world. Although this so-called one-way interconnection model is still valid, competition … models of network competition, such as Laffont, Rey, and Tirole (1998a) and Armstrong (1998) highlight the collusive role of …

This paper examines the justifications, history, and practice ofregulation in the US telecommunications sector. We … telephony (VOIP). We also examine the impact of the 1996Telecommunications Act on market structure and strategy in … conjunctionwith the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in thetelecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of …

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 …

This paper investigates the results of competition between two profit-seeking telecommunications carriers, as might … that multiple equilibria may exist which means non-market forces such as regulation and entry strategy might determine the … final outcome of competition. Furthermore, it is shown that a firm may not choose to compete in the market for one of the …

of the market and the introduction of regulation. A model was developed which integrates all the major forces and effects … model was verified on two telecommunications companies from Germany and Romania and shows inter alia that the effects “Laws …

both academia and industry to present their insights on the digital convergence phenomenon in the telecommunications … industry. The contributions cover a great deal of the relevant topics in communications regulation, such as technological and …

We study how access pricing affects network competition when consumers'subscription demand is elastic and networks … a reduction of the termination charge below costhas two opposing effects: it softens competition and it helps … termination chargebelow cost, either to soften competition or to internalize the networkeffect. The regulator will favor …