[Einleitung] "Vendidi ventum" (lateinisch für Ich habe Wind verkauft) lässt sich der Bader im "Medicus" von Noah Gordon auf seinen Grabstein schreiben. Dieses Papier befasst sich mit einem Teil des Gesundheitsmarktes, der allem Anschein nach noch aus der Zeit des Medicus zu stammen scheint....

Many medical decisions during the pandemic were made without the support of causal evidence obtained in clinical trials. We study the case of nebulized ibuprofen (NaIHS), a drug that was extensively used on COVID-19 patients in Argentina amidst wild claims about its effectiveness and without...

Many medical decisions during the pandemic were made without the support of causal evidence obtained in clinical trials. We study the case of nebulized ibuprofen (NaIHS), a drug that was extensively used on COVID-19 patients in Argentina amidst wild claims about its effectiveness and without...

Wie können Kunden, Krankenkassen und Apotheken vom Ende der Arzneimittelfestpreise profitieren?Die Autorin wirft, ausgehend von einer Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs über die Preisbindung verschreibungspflichtiger Arzneimittel aus dem Jahr 2016, einen aktuellen Blick auf den...

Increasingly, retailers have access to better pricing technology, especially in online markets. Using hourly data from five major online retailers, we show that retailers set prices at regular intervals that differ across firms. In addition, faster firms appear to use automated pricing rules...

We apply and extend the cost-based approach to bundling and tying under competition developed in Evans and Salinger (2004) to over-the-counter pain relievers and cold medicines. We document that consumers pay much less for tablets with multiple ingredients than they would if they bought tablets...

We apply and extend the cost-based approach to bundling and tying under competition developed in Evans and Salinger (2004a) to over-the-counter pain relievers and cold medicines. We document that consumers pay much less for tablets with multiple ingredients than they would to buy tablets with...