Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of heterogeneous objectives of the hospitals on quality differentiation … driving force is the single regulated price which induces under-(over-)provision of quality of the more (less) efficient … the private (public) duopoly. This medium price discourages overprovision of quality of the less efficient hospital and …

Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of different objectives of the hospitals on quality, profits, and overall …

Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of different objectives of the hospitals on quality, profits, and overall … oligopoly ; price regulation ; quality ; hospital competition …

Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of heterogeneous objectives of the hospitals on quality differentiation … driving force is the single regulated price which induces under-(over-)provision of quality of the more (less) efficient … the private (public) duopoly. This medium price discourages overprovision of quality of the less efficient hospital and …

Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of different objectives of the hospitals on quality, profits, and overall …

Hotelling framework, this paper analyses the effect of heterogeneous objectives of the hospitals on quality differentiation … driving force is the single regulated price which induces under-(over-)provision of quality of the more (less) efficient … the private (public) duopoly. This medium price discourages overprovision of quality of the less efficient hospital and …

We study the equilibrium and its stability property in a duopoly market in which minimum quality standards (MQS) are … set, prices are regulated with links to product quality, and firms compete in quality. The adjustment dynamics are taken …

evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare … providers supply relatively higher quality levels and position themselves closer to the center. Whether the social planner … offset costly quality competition. …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received …

We build up a differential game to investigate the interplay between the quality of health care and the presence of an …