The family plays a central role in decisions relative to the provision of long term care (LTC). We develop a model of family bargaining to study the impact of the distribution of bargaining power within the family on the choices of nursing homes, and on the location and prices chosen by nursing...

The degree of competition in the nursing home industry has profound implications for regulations, quality and pricing decisions. This paper presents a model of spatial competition in the nursing home industry to investigate how consumer preferences over location can affect the substitutability...