In what ways, if any, does the behavior of government and nonprofit organizations differ? This paper examines evidence from two industries‹nursing homes and mentally handicapped facilities‹to determine whether government and nonprofit organization behavior differs in identifiable dimensions,...

This paper examines the inherent and growing tension between the social mission of Academic Health Centers (AHCs), to provide collective-type services, which cannot be sold profitably, and the means of financing those services, which involves provision of saleable private-type services. It finds...

In many industries, such as higher education, hospitals, and museums, nonprofit organizations control great wealth. Public and private donations, tax subsidies, and volunteered services have typically made that wealth accumulation possible. In return for the various forms of assistance,...

This study is the first benefit-cost analysis of a controlled (random assignment) experiment in the mental health field. It compares, in terms of an unusually wide variety of "tangible" and "intangible" forms of benefits and costs, a traditional hospital-based approach to treating the mentally...

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When nonprofit organizations in the U.S. engage in activities that are "substantially related" to their legal mission they pay no profits taxation, but profit from "unrelated business" (UB) activities is taxed. Since UB activity has no apparent justification other than to generate revenue, we...