We build up a differential game to investigate the interplay between the quality of health care and the presence of an …

evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … offset costly quality competition. … providers supply relatively higher quality levels and position themselves closer to the center. Whether the social planner …

mover advantage and quality differentiation in the sequential quality competition. -- Market share maximiziation ; Vertical …Using a vertical differentiation model, we investigate the product quality strategies of two competing firms maximizing … market shares. The firms are facing variable costs of quality improvement and choose their prices under the constraint of …

equilibrium depends on the consumers' sensitivity. If there is no equilibrium in the simultaneous competition, sequential quality …This paper examines the competition of nonprofit sickness funds in the market for supplementary health insurance. We … investigate product quality strategies when quality is costly and the sickness funds are competing for customers. As long as the …

We study the equilibrium and its stability property in a duopoly market in which minimum quality standards (MQS) are … set, prices are regulated with links to product quality, and firms compete in quality. The adjustment dynamics are taken …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation …

evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … off set costly quality competition … providers supply relatively higher quality levels and position themselves closer to the center. Whether the social planner …

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …