decades. This was meant to foster competition and choice which in turn was thought to increase quality while decreasing prices …. Such progressive liberalisation led to public services increasingly falling within the ambit of competition laws which in … turn partly required further liberalisation in some competition law regimes. However, there are certain tensions between …

-adjusted hospital mortality rates. Conversely, increases in competition for Medicare enrollees are associated with increases in risk …We seek to estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals … in Southern California. We find that increases in the degree of competition for HMO patients decrease risk …

The paper investigates how product market competition affects the firms' decision to hire altruistic or selfish … offer similar services, so that product competition is fierce, both firms benefit from hiring altruistic employees even if …

-country convergence of three used bank competition measures, with higher convergence levels of market power and of competitive behaviour …

fraction of identical investors acquires positions in all firms (common owners). Investors’ ability to influence competition … and competition. Finally, by increasing volatility, common ownership imposes a negative risk externality and may lead to …