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| Author: | Vita, M. G. Sacher, S. |
| Title: | The competitive effects of not-for-profit hospital mergers: a case study |
| Journal: | Journal of Industrial Economics
2001 : MAR, VOL. 49:1, p. 63-84 |
| Index terms: | COMPETITION HOSPITALS MERGERS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Applying conventional horizontal merger enforcement rules to nonprofit hospitals is controversial. Critics contend that the different objective function of not-for-profits entities should mitigate competitive concerns about mergers involving nonprofit hospitals. The authors analyze a merger that reduced the number of competitors (both nonprofit) in the alleged relevant market from three to two. |
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