This paper utilizes a duopoly model to simulate the effects of various management rules of thumb and of changing economic conditions on the market share and profit-goals of the firm. Part I presents and discusses a behavioral model, Part II gives the initial market conditions and the parameters...

This article assumes that nonprofit decisionmakers have an incentive to earn and accumulate surpluses, and it suggests six reasons for this being the case. Based on the assumption that both the program outputs and the equity of a nonprofit yield satisfaction to its decisionmakers, a behavioral...

Hypothesizes that property tax exemptions increase the market share of nonprofit hospitals. A reduced-form market-share equation is estimated using Tobit analysis and data from Tennessee. The analysis shows that while higher tax rates increase the probability that a county will have only one...

This paper posits a measure for determining the progressivity/regressivity of the combined tax and transfer system in a time dimension. It also shows that a progressive tax or transfer is stabilizing to family income while a regressive one is destabilizing. Using data from the Michigan Panel...

Nonprofit organizations produce a range of goods and services from the purely public to the purely private. Within the two extremes fall a majority of their outputs. This article explores the question of what determines a nonprofit's mix of goods. It first develops a method to measure the...