Bloom, Nicholas; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan; … - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2010
geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … construct instrumental variables for market structure. Since almost all major English hospitals are government run, closing … hospitals in areas where the governing party has a small majority is rare due to fear of electoral punishment. We find that …