Dispatches: Public Service, Private Profit

Vaccines: policy for public good or private profit?

Moonlighting: Public Service and Private Practice1

We study dual job incentives with a focus on public-service physicians referring patients to their private practices. We call this moonlighting. Not all physicians moonlight; we introduce a group of dedicated doctors who in the base models behave nonstrategically in the public system. Allowing moonlighting can always enhance aggregate welfare. The equilibrium care quality in the public system m...

Public-private Partnerships, Management Capacity and Public Service Efficiency

2015. Public-private partnerships, management capacity and public service efficiency. Please note: Changes made as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing, formatting and page numbers may not be reflected in this version. For the definitive version of this publication, please refer to the published source. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite this...

The Impact of Knowledge Management Strategy on Service Innovation Performance in Private and Public Hospitals

The main objective of this research is to investigate the comparative effect of knowledge management strategy on the service innovation performance in public and private hospitals through the mediating role of knowledge management practices. Drawing in knowledge management theory, all the organizations require a suitable knowledge management strategy to perform successfully. Therefore, this res...

Public Profit Sharing*

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited to measures that hurt neither shareholders nor workers. This paper develops a policy proposal, which allows the government to reduce wage costs without changing the income positions as determined in the process of wage negotiations. It is shown that the introduction of public pr...