This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...

Several Bundesländer in Germany have or are about to introduce tuition fees for higher education. We discuss three hypotheses pertaining to (i) their distributional effects, (ii) their effect on the demand for higher education and study behavior, and (iii) the competition and financial...

Der internationale Wettbewerb in der Wissenschaft wird sich in Zukunft weiter verschärfen. Zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in Deutschland plädiert Prof. Dr.Klaus Landfried, Präsident der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, für eine ausgewogene Mischung zwischen Marktorientierung...

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...