We consider how past, current, and future competition within an elimination tournament affect the probability that the …

Choice and competition in education have found growing support from both policy makers and academics in the recent past … for choice and competition is clear, in existing work there is rarely an attempt to distinguish between the two concepts … academic outcomes than those whose choice is more limited; and whether Primary schools facing more competition perform better …

This paper evaluates general achievement effects of choice and competition between private and public schools at the …

concepts of rivalry, risk and choice and then analyse the data to establish whether competition can be measured in a convincing …In an attempt to promote efficiency and consumer choice, many governments in Europe have in recent years required … social housing organisations to be more market-orientated and competitive. Competition, however, is being discussed and …

health care. The review considers several interlocking aspects of the current English choice policy: competition between …Extending choice in health care is currently popular amongst English, and other, politicians. Those promoting choice … choice acts as a major driver for efficiency. Giving service users the ability to choose applies competitive pressure to …

Choice and competition reforms in healthcare often involve the idea of empowering patients through the mechanism of … patient choice reform in Swedish primary care in 2010. …

This paper explores the goals and implementation of reforms introducing choice of and competition among insurers … competition can enhance efficiency in health care administration and delivery only if people have free choice of insurer (consumer … straightforward to put in place the conditions under which health insurance competition can enhance efficiency. Policy makers should …

examined with respect to one aspect of competition between the two sectors in England, France, the Netherlands and Germany … allocation system and the housing allowances in the different countries will be compared. Competition measured in this way seems …

Individuals often recreate with others, but models of recreation-site choice (which ski area, climbing route, golf … course, or bike trail) ignore the social aspect—a trait they share with most choice models. Site-choice models seek to … explain site choice as a function of only the cost of visiting each site, the physical characteristics of the sites, income …