We analyse the relationship between the quality of a GP practice in England and the degree of competition that it faces … obtained from the national GP patient survey). The association between increased competition and higher quality is found for GP … fraction of the potential benefits to patients from increased choice and competition. …

This paper analyses the extent of agricultural competition between EU-15 countries and CEECs during the period 1995â … Eastern Europe despite their low production costs. Competition proves to be greater for Northern European countries (Austria …

The Profit Elasticity (PE) is a new competition measure introduced in Boone (2008). So far, there was no direct proof … that this measure can identify regimes of competition empirically. This paper focuses on this issue using data of Genesove … and Mullin (1998) in which different regimes of competition are identified. We derive a version of PE suitable for this …

In a broad sense, the term „competition” defines the relations between economic operators acting on the same market … seeking attainment of certain interests in economic freedom conditions. The need for regulations in the area of competition … stems from the nature of free, open market economy which is founded on the existence of fair competition between economic …

In recent studies of channel competition, it has been found that channel intermediaries reduce the intensity of direct … competition between manufacturers. The underlying channel structure in most studies consists of two manufacturers and two … competition by analyzing a channel structure with two competing manufacturers and one intermediary (a common retailer) that sells …