Can Competition Reduce Quality?

We analyze the effect of competition on quality provision in spatial markets where providers compete in both price and quality (e.g., health care, long-term care, child care, education). By making two key assumptions about the providers in such markets, namely that they are (partly) motivated and ha...

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Main Author: Brekke, Kurt R. (author)
Other Authors: Siciliani, Luigi (author), Straume, Odd Rune (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/65675
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/65675