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The construction of a low cost airline network
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Bilotkach, Volodymyr - 2011
The paper investigates the construction of a low cost airline network by analyzing JetBlue Airways' entry decisions … also affected entry positively. For non-stop entry into a route that has not been served on a non-stop basis before, our … network carriers. Non-stop entry into existing non-stop markets, however, shows that JetBlue concentrated on longer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306005
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Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure
Dunne, Timothy; Klimek, Shawn D.; Roberts, Mark J.; Xu, … - 2013
This paper estimates a dynamic, structural model of entry and exit in an oligopolistic industry and uses it to quantify …. Entry costs faced by potential entrants, fixed costs faced by incumbent producers, and the toughness of short-run price … the dentist industry allow the entry cost to differ for geographic markets that were designated as Health Professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397677
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Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure
Dunne, Timothy; Klimek, Shawn D.; Roberts, Mark J.; Xu, … - 2013
This paper estimates a dynamic, structural model of entry and exit in an oligopolistic industry and uses it to quantify …. Entry costs faced by potential entrants, fixed costs faced by incumbent producers, and the toughness of short-run price … the dentist industry allow the entry cost to differ for geographic markets that were designated as Health Professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195032
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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John H.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307506
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Tariffs, Agricultural Subsidies, and the 2020 US Presidential Election : Unintended Consequences
Choi, Jaerim; Lim, Sunghun - 2021
This paper provides evidence on the unintended effects of US and Chinese trade policies on the 2020 US presidential election. In response to a series of US tariffs imposed on Chinese goods, China imposed retaliatory tariffs, especially on US agricultural products, which largely affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013241749
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The captain of the men of death and his shadow: Long-run impacts of early life pneumonia exposure
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - 2011
We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on later life well-being and productivity in the United States. Using census data from 1980-2000, we find that cohorts born after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282476
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Does daylight saving time really make us sick?
Jin, Lawrence; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
This paper comprehensively studies the health effects of Daylight Saving Time (DST) regulation. Relying on up to 3.4 million BRFSS respondents from the US and the universe of 160 million hospital admissions from Germany over one decade, we do not find much evidence that population health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529402
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The captain of the men of death and his shadow : long-run impacts of early life pneumonia exposure
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - 2011
We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on later life well-being and productivity in the United States. Using census data from 1980-2000, we find that cohorts born after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516935
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Lessons for Health Care Policy in the United States : Comparing Health Care Systems
Aspalter, Christian - 2012
This paper compares health care systems. It looks beyond normal academic, political, or journalistic rhetoric, by exactly sticking to facts, i.e. empirical data (in particular data provided by the WHO) and comprehensive case study analyses. The paper finds that a number of myths and common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113512
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How do low-income enrollees in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces respond to cost-sharing?
Lavetti, Kurt; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2019
The ACA requires insurers to provide cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) to low-income consumers on the marketplaces. We link 2013-2015 All-Payer Claims Data to 2004-2013 administrative hospital discharge data from Utah and exploit policy-driven differences in the value of CSRs that are solely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130268