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When „the Rest“ enters „the West“: Indischer Tourismus in die Zentralschweiz
Frank, Sybille - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 4 (2012) 2, pp. 221-230
Zusammenfassung Bis vor kurzem führten touristische Reiserouten in der Regel vom globalen „Westen“ in den so genannten „Rest der Welt“. Doch was passiert, wenn Menschen aus dem globalen Osten und Süden plötzlich in der Rolle zu bedienst leistender Touristinnen vor den Türen...
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Optimal Contracts for Health Services in the Presence of Waiting Times and Asymmetric Information
Siciliani, Luigi - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1
Abstract This study presents a model of optimal contracting for health services in the presence of excess demand and waiting times. We assume that: i) hospitals differ in their demand for treatment; ii) potential demand is private information of the provider; iii) specialists can dump patients;...
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Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?
Luttmer, Erzo F.P. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1
." I test for inefficient rationing by examining whether the reservation wages of employed unskilled workers in states … allocated less efficiently. However, even if rationing is efficient, the minimum wage can still entail other efficiency costs (e …
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Fit for purpose? Introducing a rational priority setting approach into a community care setting
Cornelissen, Evelyn; Mitton, Craig; Davidson, Alan; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 4, pp. 690-710
Purpose – Program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) is a priority setting approach that assists decision makers with allocating resources. Previous PBMA work establishes its efficacy and indicates that contextual factors complicate priority setting, which can hamper PBMA effectiveness....
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Receptive rationing: reflections and suggestions for priority setters in health care
Williams, Iestyn - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 29 (2015) 6, pp. 701-710
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to take forward consideration of context in health care priority setting and to offer some practical strategies for priority setters to increase receptiveness to their work. Design/methodology/approach – A number of tools and methods have been devised...
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Tackling disinvestment in health care services
Daniels, Tom; Williams, Iestyn; Robinson, Suzanne; … - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 27 (2013) 6, pp. 762-780
Purpose – The aims of this paper are to explore the experiences of budget holders within the English National Health Service (NHS), in their attempts to implement programmes of disinvestment, and to consider factors which influence the success (or otherwise) of this activity....
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The Tausch-centers of the 1940s: closed markets as an alternative to the black economy
Schroeder, Rolf F.H. - In: Journal of Historical Research in Marketing 7 (2015) 3, pp. 330-355
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Tausch- or barter-centers that existed in Germany during the 1940s. These small but unique platforms for the exchange of consumer durables represent an almost unknown chapter in economic history. This contribution aims to...
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“Don’t blame the shopkeeper!!”
Hayes, Mick - In: Journal of Historical Research in Marketing 9 (2017) 4, pp. 359-385
message strategies used by brands in response to shortages, zoning and pooling. Findings While rationing has been discussed at … about rationing, shortages, zoning and pooling, the latter three also caused brands to apologise, look to the future and …-making. Originality/value This is the first research to explore the impact of forms of control other than rationing on advertising during …
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Who is credit constrained? evidence from rural Malawi
Simtowe, Franklin; Diagne, Aliou; Zeller, Manfred - In: Agricultural Finance Review 68 (2008) 2, pp. 255-272
Using data from Malawi, this paper examines factors that influence a household’s likelihood of facing credit constraints. Households with larger land holdings have a higher probability of reporting credit constraints, apparently due to lack of secure land rights which could enable households...
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Agricultural credit rationing in Ghana: what do formal lenders look for?
Awunyo-Vitor, Dadson; Mahama Al-Hassan, Ramatu; Bruce … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 74 (2014) 3, pp. 364-378
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of agricultural credit rationing by formal … Heckman's two-stage regression model to identify types of rationing faced by farmers and investigate factors that influence … agricultural credit rationing by formal financial institutions. Data used in this study are gathered through a survey of 595 …
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