of price competition. When consumers fall short of forming rational expectation after non-disclosure, firms may partially …

This paper presents a theoretical model of competition between information intermediaries applied to credit rating … price competition and leads to a two-tier market structure where high (low) quality sellers opt for intermediary with high …

competition by a competitive fringe that produces low quality. We show that the brand manufacturer optimally provides a decoy good …

competition. …

oligopoly competition between certification bodies, showing that a higher degree of certification body competition results in … leading international food safety standard for food manufacturers, and find evidence that a higher degree of competition …

competition by a competitive fringe that produces low quality. We show that the brand manufacturer optimally provides a decoy good …

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 …

equilibria exist, and either sponsor may offer the more ambitious label; competition may increase environmental protection. When … sponsors compete using multi-tier labels, however, there exists a unique equilibrium and competition produces less …

the state of competition in wireless services in Canada, until now. Those in favour of policies that will promote and …) as evidence that there is insufficient competition. The difficulty is that the facts are not consistent with this … competition of importance to Canadians is not just over price, but also over the quality of wireless networks. In any event, none …

We seek to estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals … in Southern California. We find that increases in the degree of competition for HMO patients decrease risk …-adjusted hospital mortality rates. Conversely, increases in competition for Medicare enrollees are associated with increases in risk …