The Netherlands can be seen as one of the best healthcare systems in Europe. However, ICT application in hospitals in … this country is somewhat behind the Nordic countries, with many hospitals ?stuck? in the stage of search and ?being …. To better understand these differences, we develop a model of organizational adoption of ICT in hospitals and explore …

-decreasing competition effect in the destination country and a price-increasing double marginalization effect in the source country. An … in the source country. An increase of the coinsurance rate in the source country reinforces the competition effect in the …

I study the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports, in particular the market share of parallel … imports and the number of parallel traders. First, I analyze the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel … parallel traders. Second, I explore the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports using a dataset with …

on competition by parallel imports. First, it analyzes the effect of a manufacturer rebate on competition by parallel …. Using a data set with prescription drugs with competition from parallel imports, I estimate the effect of the change in the … manufacturer rebate on competition by parallel imports. Estimation results suggest that an increase in the manufacturer rebate has …

effect and productivity effect. The dynamic adjustment predicted by this model has important implications for empirical …

specialization/complexity effect, on the one hand, and the competition effect, on the other hand. How the interaction between these … of competition, remains unaffected by entry, as well as by market-size shocks. As a consequence, the competition effect …: (i) a competition effect, which stems from the market interactions between producers of intermediate inputs, and (ii) a …

in this paper we explore the link between labour productivity, international trade and regional un … evidence of a non linear negative relationship between labour productivity and regional unemployment, in the cases of European …: Productivity, Regional Unemployment, Oligopoly, Non parametrics. JEL Classification: C14, D50, F12, F16, J41, L13, R10. …

This paper investigates competition between health care insurance companies under different funding regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that competition by contributions can yield lower company profits and higher …

firm productivity does not adequately address firm and individual level heterogeneity. Some issues that are not tackled are … expected to have the greatest impact on firm's productivity. Second, distant job matches might be a selective sample: greater … productivity levels of local and nonlocal employees. I employ the framework of Simon and Warner [Journal of Labor Economics, 10 …

phenomenon of Big Data, we propose a theoretical assessment of its potential effects on productivity growth. Our study highlights … profitability gives digital firms the incentive to produce information likely to improve firm-level productivity and consumer … welfare. Finally, we conclude that the productivity effect of Big Data at the macroeconomic level is conditional on both the …