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The Impact of Market Environment on Excess Capacity and the Cost of an Empty Hospital Bed

Magnussen, Jon; Mobley, Lee Rivers - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 6 (1999) 3, pp. 383-398

The health economics literature contains contradictory empirical findings regarding the cost of an empty hospital bed. Recent empirical studies which account for the endogeneity of reserve capacity produce high estimates of these costs, while earlier studies and industry experts maintain that...

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The Effects of Market Concentration and Horizontal Mergers on Hospital Costs and Prices

Connor, Robert; Feldman, Roger; Dowd, Bryan - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 5 (1998) 2, pp. 159-180

Antitrust advocates believe that horizontal consolidation in hospital markets can reduce competition and increase …, and managed care penetration. The results show: a shift away from non-price competition toward price competition in health …

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Testing for Persistence of Profits' Differences Across Firms

Cable, John; Mueller, Dennis - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 15 (2008) 2, pp. 201-228

We review the logic and implications underlying both static and dynamic models of competition, and associated tests of …

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Private Control, Competion, and the Performance of Telephone Firms in Less Developed Countries

Viani, Bruno - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 11 (2004) 2, pp. 217-240

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Generic Competition in the US Pharmaceutical Industry

Saha, Atanu; Grabowski, Henry; Birnbaum, Howard; … - In: International Journal of the Economics of Business 13 (2006) 1, pp. 15-38

competition during the period July 1992-January 1998. We find that generic share and price are simultaneously determined, while … addition, we find generic competition to be particularly intense for blockbuster drugs, which experience significantly more …

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