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A simple model of health insurance competition

Kemnitz, Alexander - 2010

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …

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Competition and trust: Evidence from German car manufacturers

Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; Stahl, Konrad O. - 2011

We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...

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Expectations as reference points: Field evidence from experienced subjects in a competitive, high-stakes environment

Bartling, Björn; Brandes, Leif; Schunk, Daniel - 2012

We show that professional soccer players exhibit reference-dependent behavior during matches. Controlling for the state of the match and for unobserved heterogeneity, we show on a minute-by-minute basis that a player breaches the rules of the game, measured by the referee's assignment of cards,...

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Algorithmic Pricing and Competition : Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market

Assad, Stephanie - 2020

competition. In this paper we provide the first empirical analysis of this relationship. We study Germany's retail gasoline market … on outcomes linked to competition. Because station-level adoption is endogenous, we use brand headquarter-level adoption … competition …

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Trust, Investment and Competition : Theory and Evidence from German Car Manufacturers

Calzolari, Giacomo - 2019

quality - but also with more competition among suppliers. Both associations hold only for parts involving comparatively … relationships involving higher trust, buyers are able to induce higher investment and more intense competition among suppliers - but …

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The Impact of the German 'DEAL' on Competition in the Academic Publishing Market

Haucap, Justus; Moshgbar, Nima; Schmal, Wolfgang Benedikt - 2021

publications in Wiley and Springer Nature journals at the cost of other journals. From that two related competition concerns emerge …

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Striking Evidence : The Impact of Railway Strikes on Competition from Intercity Bus Services in Germany

Beestermöller, Matthias; Jessen-Thiesen, Levke; … - 2023

This paper investigates the impact of the largest rail strikes in German history on intercity buses – a then newly liberalised market. Using unique booking data of bus services, we exploit variation in rail service cancellations across routes to show that the disruption in rail transport...

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Fiscal competition over taxes and public inputs : theory and evidence

Hauptmeier, Sebastian; Mittermaier, Ferdinand; Rincke, … - 2009

We set up a model to characterize the reaction functions of governments competing for mobile capital by simultaneously setting both the business tax rate as well as the level of provision of a productive public input. Using a rich data set of local jurisdictions, we then test the predictions of...

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