This paper applies the five standard economic performance criteria to gauge the contribu-tion of Managed Care (MC) to the performance of three healthcare systems, viz. Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The criteria are (1) matching of consumer preferences, (2) technical efficiency, (3)...

How to deal with the risks associated with nuclear energy is a major policy issue. This paper investigates the effect of an individual's distance from nuclear power plants on its willingness to pay for increased insurance coverage against nuclear accidents (MWPC) as well as on willingness to pay...

This paper puts forth a critique of European solvency regulation of the type imposed on insurers by Solvency I and II. Insurers’ underwriting and investment...

In several countries, public healthcare providers purchase services from private providers to shorten waiting times. Some private providers in turn combine public service with practice in their own facilities. According to the existing literature, they are viewed as cream-skimming profitable...

This article extends the received literature on optimal provider payment by accounting for consumer heterogeneity in preferences for health insurance and health care. This heterogeneity breaks down the separation of the relationship between providers and the health insurer and the relationship...

In spite of its "clean" image, electricity is not without external effects, which can be increasingly traced to the households, whose demand is characterized by considerable time-of-day and seasonal variation. Thus, a reduction of this variation may permit the cancellation or at least deferral...

Können Kostendämpfungsgesetze, Budgetierungen, Positivlisten und weitere Regulierungen, das deutsche Gesundheitswesen effizienter gestalten, oder sollten die eingefahrenen Wege in der Gesundheitspolitik verlassen und mehr marktlicher Wettbewerb im Bereich der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung...

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Health policy makers know that their decisions affect the chances of well-being and survival of individuals and that they implicitly are valuing human lives. Evidence with regard to willingness-to-pay (WTP) informs about the value individuals themselves put on these chances; it thus holds the...