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This paper investigates theoretically and empirically the effects of competition for donors on the behavior of non-profit organizations. Theoretically, we consider a situation in which non-profit organizations use donations to produce some commodity, but the use of donations is only partially...
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Has the United States economy become less competitive in recent decades? One might think so based on a body of research that has rapidly become influential for antitrust policy. We explain that the empirical evidence relating to concentration trends, markup trends, and the effects of mergers...
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conduct fundraising campaigns, set prices, employ labor, and use capital. The discussion of models of donative nonprofits …
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To study the coexistence of two different ownership forms within an industry, I develop a simple model of competition between one forprofit and one nonprofit firm. The two firms have different objectives and face different constraints due to their choice of ownership status. Assuming...
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I study the competition between one nonprofit and one for-profit firm under various objective functions of the nonprofit firm. The two firms optimize their objectives with respect to quality and price of their products. The nonprofit firm serves one-half of the market under pure quality...
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With public services such as health and education, it is not straightforward for consumers to assess the quality of provision. Many such services are provided by monopoly not-for-profit providers and there is concern that for-profit providers may increase profit at the expense of quality. This...
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Fund-raising expenditures represent an important strategic decision for nonprofit managers inthe face of scarce donor … output to its constituents. Socially, competition among nonprofit firms for donations may produce an excessive level of fund-raising …. This article empirically examines nonprofit fund-raising decisions, privately and socially, under varying market conditions …
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