Abstract Over several decades, the Vietnamese government has increasingly cut its investment in public higher education system and also introduced a cost-sharing mechanism. Under this scheme, universities have been seeking other sources of revenue. Despite bold emphasis on need for revenue diversification Vietnam, there is little empirical evidence status quo finance. The purpose paper was to f...

To evaluate changes to hop industry concentration and competitiveness the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) was used. The ownership of proprietary varieties, their acreage production were compared with public varieties. Market share for each variety calculated between 2000 2020. quantity land under centralized control in U.S. due increased 2020 quantified. Assuming tacit collusion participants o...

BACKGROUND Markets for physician services are becoming increasingly concentrated, with many areas being dominated by a few groups. Antitrust authorities are concerned that increasing concentration will lead to inappropriately high payments for physician services from private insurers. The authors examined the association between market concentration and private insurer payments for anesthesia s...

The standard economic price theory of working with efficient source allocation is being confronted a series empirical findings asymmetric responses. objective the research was to examine whether distribution prices within dairy chain in Czech Republic fair and farmers progressed collective approach strengthen their position supply chain. We used pre-cointegration cointegration test for asymmetr...

OBJECTIVES To assess the association between market concentration of hospitals (as a proxy for competition) and patient-reported health gains after elective primary hip replacement surgery. METHODS Patient Reported Outcome Measures data linked to NHS Hospital Episode Statistics in England in 2011/12 were used to analyse the association between market concentration of hospitals measured by the...

This paper analyses the impact of political competition on economic performance in Indonesia. study uses a database covering 427 districts Indonesia, from 2000 to 2013. Political is measured using Herfindahl Hirschman Concentration Index for district parliament election. variable potentially endogenous, because likely be non-random and correlated with unobservable variables. To solve this probl...

Using indexes of concentration, the general merchandisers industry was compared with other consumer product and/or retailing industries, such as food and drug stores, for the period 1995 to 2006. This paper shows that an increase in concentration occurred in the general merchandisers industry. Compared to other industries, the general merchandisers industry had statistically significant concent...