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 …

products' prices, taking into account the two approaches concerning the evaluation of the competition: "the Structure …-Conduct-Performance Hypothesis" (SCP) and the "Efficient Structure Hypothesis" (ESH); it is approached the competition problem in the Romanian …

The globalization process has generated an increase of the international competition, fact that influenced the …

We analyze the relation between corruption, competition and inequality in a developing economy context where markets … implications. We show that a rise in inequality can lead to an increase in corruption along with greater competition. By …

We show that, in the case when innovations are for sale, increased product market competition, captured by reduced … the bidding competition for the innovation and by increasing the relative profitability of being the most efficient firm … in the industry. Moreover, it is shown that increased intensity of competition can increase the relative profitability of …

impact of competition on R&D. Using various measures of competition, results indicate that competition is likely to contract …

information and competence of households, in combination with stiffer competition among firms, will also increase the power of …

: duopolistic competition and cartel, symmetric and asymmetric networks, and alternative assumptions about multihoming and consumer … preferences. We find that competition unambiguously increases consumer and merchant welfare. We extend this analysis to … competition among payment networks providing different payment instruments and find similar results. …