How do for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals differ? We consider one dimension: the shifting of a patient's diagnostic related group (DRG) to one that yields a greater reimbursement from the Medicare system, also known as upcoding. It has played a major role in recent federal lawsuits against...

Using compensation data for 14,765 nonprofit organizations during 2009-2017, we find that CEO pay dropped by 2-3% when new legislation adopted in New York reduced the ability of CEOs to influence their own pay. Despite cuts in pay, CEOs did not exert less effort. Further, nonprofit performance...

This article investigates the determinants of nonprofits’ involvement in co-governance, or the planning and design of public services, utilizing a unique dataset of park-supporting nonprofit organizations in large U.S. cities. The results suggest that nonprofits are more likely to get involved...

Federal disclosure requirements in the campaign finance context contain loopholes that enable nonprofit organizations to conceal major donors influencing American elections. This funding from unnamed sources has been termed “dark money.” Though a number of states have adopted disclosure laws...

Problem definition: A staggering proportion of humanitarian donations are designated for a particular purpose, i.e., earmarked. While earmarking increases donors' willingness to donate, it hurts the operational performance of humanitarian organizations (HOs) because it limits their flexibility...

Although the not-for-profit sector contributes greatly to aggregate output in many industries, there is little explicit analysis of the consequences of applying antitrust policy in this sector. This paper argues that the same incentives to collude exist in the non-profit sector as in the...

This study examines gender pay gaps among nonprofit executives and how compensation negotiability influences this disparity. Using tax return data from IRS Form 990 filings, we find that females earn 8.9 percent lower total compensation than men in our sample. Further, we observe that settings...

Online volunteering platforms allow humanitarian organizations (HOs) to recruit volunteers to work remotely on projects. While the removal of time and space constraints enables HOs to scale up their volunteer force, HOs must manage greater variation in volunteers’ experience. In this study, we...

Drawing on theoretical literature and factual materials published by reputable sources, as well as local knowledge of the authors, the study considers how Fiji’s location, history and social, economic, political and cultural institutions affect social enterprise. Social enterprise is...

Recently, not-for-profit health plans have been converting to for-profit status and these conversions have frequently occurred as steps to facilitate merger or acquisition with a for-profit company. Some industry observers attribute these managed care market place trends to an industry shake out...