One of the reasons why regulators are hesitant about permitting price competition in healthcare markets is that it may … admissions to Dutch hospitals, we find no evidence that increased exposure to price competition reduces quality measured by …

Alongside the consideration of price, competition authorities recognize that quality can be as, if not more, important … in some markets. But as competition authorities also recognize, identifying the dimensions of competition important to … challenges. To circumvent these challenges, competition authorities rely on several heuristics when assessing a merger's, cartel …

three variables in mind, we consider instances when a search engine could degrade quality despite competition from rival …

evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … offset costly quality competition. …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received …

In this paper we study the impact of competition on the provision of quality in the US airline industry. Using changes … in competition triggered by LCC entry and airline mergers, we find that an increase in competition increases the … previous findings in the literature, our evidence suggests that an increase in competition unambiguously increases consumer …

demand. The merging firms will increase (reduce) both quality and price if the degree of competition is sufficiently stronger …

Using a spatial competition framework with three ex ante identical firms, we study the effects of a horizontal merger …