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Competition, Contractibility, and the Market for Donors to Non-Profits
Castaneda, Marco A. - 2015
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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Entry, donor market size, and competitive conduct among nonprofit firms
Gayle, Philip G.; Harrison, Teresa D.; Thornton, Jeremy - In: International journal of industrial organization 50 (2017), pp. 294-318
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Trends in Competition in the United States : What Does the Evidence Show?
Shapiro, Carl; Yurukoglu, Ali - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
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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Competition and Mergers Among Nonprofits
Prufer, Jens - 2014
Should mergers among nonprofit organizations be assessed differently than mergers among for-profit firms? A recent debate in law and economics, boosted by apparently one-sided court decisions, has produced the result that promoting competition is socially valuable regardless of the particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069513
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Mixed Competition and Welfare Under Various Nonprofit Objectives Mixed Competition Under Various Cost Configurations
Brhlikova, Petra - 2008
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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Competition in Public Service Provision : The Role of Not-for-Profit Providers
Besley, Timothy J. - 2018
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929480
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Competition and Mergers Among Nonprofits
Prufer, Jens - 2014
Should mergers among nonprofi t organizations be assessed diff erently than mergers among for-profit firms? A recent debate in law and economics, boosted by apparently one-sided court decisions, has produced the result that promoting competition is socially valuable regardless of the particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224953
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Models of Competition between One For-Profit and One Nonprofit Firm
Brhlikova, Petra - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061376
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Nonprofit Fund-Raising in Competitive Donor Markets
Thornton, Jeremy P. - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219223
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Competition Rules and the Cooperative Firm
Grillo, Michele - 2013
This paper investigates whether and under what conditions the working of cooperative firms can be affected by competition law or market-enhancing regulations. The nature of collective benefits sought by different types of cooperative enterprises is analysed to show whether and how a tension may...
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