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 …

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a … significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density … differentials. For computers, telephone density and regulatory quality are of second and third importance, while for the Internet …

the emergence and decline of thetelecom bubble, the impact on pricing of digitization and the emergenceof Internet … conjunctionwith the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in thetelecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of … point to the real danger that theintent of Congress in passing the 1996 Act to promote competition intelecommunications will …

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 …

satisfaction levels, then a perfect competition model may not be appropriate for the audit services market. …

Einsatz des Internet als wichtigem Wirtschaftsfaktor konfrontiert, so daß diese gezwungen sind ihre Unternehmensstrategien an …Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are more and more confronted with the effects caused by global competition and … the internet as an important economic factor. For these reasons SMEs are forced to adapt their corporate strategies to the …

This is a book about the competition in the (German) music industry. It examines the issues important to the future of … digital information goods. Chapter 4: Market analysis and competition behavior in the (German) music industry. Chapter 5: A …

An important issue in economics is how market structure affects prices.While the standard view is that competition … higherunder duopoly if consumer preferences for the two products are morediverse. Focusing on the price for cable modem Internet … access, with orwithout competition from a DSL provider, and using education dispersionand ethnic diversity as proxies for …

In this paper, we study some geographic aspects of the Internet. We base our analysis on a large set of geolocated IP … synthesized from a variety of different input sources such as US census data, computer usage statistics, Internet market share … model to perform a nationwide and statewide geographic analysis of the Internet. Our main observations are: (1) There is a …