This paper tests whether intergenerational transfers are given out of altruism or part of an exchange. We uniquely draw a distinction between the transfer motives in a semiparametric, two-part model. Compared to models employed by extant studies, this approach makes less parametric assumption,...

This paper describes a methodology for the case mix problem in the health care sector. Aiming at maximizing the overall financial contribution of the given resource capacity within a hospital, the case mix problem is formulated as an integer linear programming model to produce the optimal...