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Quality competition and hospital mergers : an experiment
Han, Johann; Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja; Vomhof, Markus - 2016
Based on a Salop model with regulated prices, we investigate quality provision behavior of competing hospitals before and after a merger. For this, we use a controlled laboratory experiment where subjects decide on the level of treatment quality as head of a hospital. We find that the...
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The end of tourist traps : a natural experiment on the impact of tripadvisor on quality upgrading
Donati, Dante - 2022
Asymmetric information can distort market outcomes. I study how the online disclosure of information affects consumers' behavior and firms' incentives to upgrade product quality in markets where information is traditionally limited. I first build a model of consumer search with firms' endogenous...
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How do non-monetary performance incentives for physicians affect the quality of medical care? : a laboratory experiment ; conference paper
Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja; Krieger, Miriam - 2014
In recent years, several countries have introduced non-monetary performance incentives for health care providers to improve the quality of medical care. Evidence on the effect of non-monetary feedback incentives, predominantly in the form of public quality reporting, on the quality of medical...
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Experience goods, umbrella branding, and reputation
Niinimäki, Juha-Pekka - In: Review of industrial organization 62 (2023) 1, pp. 33-44
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Who benefits from quality competition in health care? : a theory and a laboratory experiment on the relevance of patient characteristics
Brosig-Koch, Jeannette; Hehenkamp, Burkhard; Kokot, Johanna - 2022
We study how competition between physicians affects the provision of medical care. In our theoretical model physicians … in a controlled laboratory experiment. In line with the model, we observe that competition significantly improves patient … physician, competition even decreases the patient benefit compared to a situation without competition. This decrease is in …
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Who benefits from quality competition in health care? : a theory and a laboratory experiment on the relevance of patient characteristics
Brosig-Koch, Jeannette; Hehenkamp, Burkhard; Kokot, Johanna - In: Health economics 32 (2023) 8, pp. 1785-1817
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Choosing whether to compete : price and format competition with consumer confusion
Crosetto, Paolo; Gaudeul, Alexia - 2014
offers especially when many consumers prefer comparable offers. This occurs after initial periods with strong competition and … leads to lower welfare for all consumers. In treatments where firms cannot monitor the competition, firms end up having to …
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Output commitment through product bundling : experimental evidence
Hinloopen, Jeroen; Müller, Wieland; Normann, Hans-Theo - 2011
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Increasing consumer surplus through a novel product testing mechanism
Vollstaedt, Ulrike; Imcke, Patrick; Brendel, Franziska; … - 2020
Our study proposes a novel mechanism to reduce information asymmetry about product quality between buyers and sellers. Product testing organizations like Consumer Reports (US) and Stiftung Warentest (Germany) seek to reduce this asymmetry by providing credible information. However, limited...
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Using quality information is analysis - with experiment
Galli, Richard - 2011
Using quality information for analysis, or staying with just quantity based information is always a good base for debate: Either relying on quantitative measurements and data (which is sad to be more accurate and easier to rely on) or use quantitative measurements (which is sad to be human /...
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