Douven, Rudy; Halbersma, Rein; Katona, Katalin; … - In: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 23 (2014) 2, pp. 344-368
type="main" <p>We examine vertical integration and exclusive behavior in health care markets in which insurers and hospitals bilaterally bargain over contracts. We employ a bargaining model of two hospitals and two health insurers competing on premiums. We show that asymmetric equilibria exist in...</p>