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experiment. Our results show that introducing endogenous monitoring reduces the level of undertreatment and overcharging. Even … monitoring also reduces undertreatment and overcharging when it is performed sufficiently frequently. Market efficiency increases … overcharging. We introduce two types of costly monitoring, endogenous and exogenous. When monitoring detects misbehavior …
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outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call … economically important and statistically significant positive effect on the likelihood of overcharging, with passengers in that …
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outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call … economically important and statistically significant positive effect on the likelihood of overcharging, with passengers in that …
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outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call … economically important and statistically significant positive effect on the likelihood of overcharging, with passengers in that …
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We review the literature on credence goods since Dulleck and Kerschbamer (Journal of Economic Literature 44(1), 5-42, 2006). We consider various markets for credence goods and briefly discuss evidence on the extent of fraud. We then review theoretical and empirical contributions on the...
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different credence goods markets the existence of over-, undertreatment, and overcharging. In this paper, we study two …
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In credence goods markets, experts have better information about the appropriate quality of treatment than their customers. As experts provide both diagnosis and treatment, this leaves scope for fraud. We experimentally investigate how intensity of price competition and the level of customer...
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In credence goods markets, experts have better information about the appropriate quality of treatment than their customers. As experts provide both diagnosis and treatment, this leaves scope for fraud. We experimentally investigate how intensity of price competition and the level of customer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793497
In a laboratory experiment designed to capture key aspects of the interaction between physicians and patients, we study … consult more often and physicians overtreat more often than in the baseline condition. Competition decreases overtreatment … physicians' market shares. Medical treatment is an example of a credence good: only the physician knows the appropriate treatment …
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In a laboratory experiment designed to capture key aspects of the interaction between physicians and patients in a … physicians overtreat more often than in the baseline condition. Competition decreases overtreatment compared to the baseline and … adverse effects of insurance: most patients seek treatment, but overtreatment is moderated. …
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