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Nonparametric instrumental regression with non-convex constraints

open access: yes, 2012
This paper considers the nonparametric regression model with an additive error that is dependent on the explanatory variables. As is common in empirical studies in epidemiology and economics, it also supposes that valid instrumental variables are ...
A Vanhems   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

Why do politicians employ public–private partnerships? Results from a mixed‐method study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have become increasingly common in government infrastructure programs around the world. This study collates and categorises the types of rationales that scholars have identified as the reasons for governments to use PPPs.
Sebastian Zwalf
wiley   +1 more source

A Policy and Regulatory Framework to Promote Care Delivery Redesign and Production Efficiency in Health Care Markets

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Antitrust enforcement has been too narrowly focused on predicting postmerger market share and not enough on the likely impact of mergers and acquisitions on production efficiency and quality. Care delivery redesign is a term that captures various innovations and changes in the organization and delivery of health care, which may lead to ...
DENNIS P. SCANLON   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Smithian Political Economy Approach for the Competition Law of the 21st Century

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This study aims to show how a Smithian political economy approach could assist competition law in addressing the challenges of the 21st‐century economy. We revisit Smith's Wealth of Nations to provide a more nuanced understanding of his views, contrasting them with the prevailing libertarian interpretation called here ‘Chicago Smith’.
Stavros Makris
wiley   +1 more source

(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
wiley   +1 more source

Microeconomics of Knowledge: African Case [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Since the process of globalization era, we can always lived in economics of knowledge. The cicle of economics founded on knowledge are compost by three components: the investment in knowledge; the production and the diffusion of information technology ...
Manuel, Eduardo
core   +1 more source

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