The wide dispersion observed in prices for health services in seemingly competitive markets is not fully explained by physician or consumer characteristics, or by variations in quality of care. For a variety of reasons, including the urgent nature of consumption and the asymmetry of information, patients in the market for health services face high search costs. They balance the prospect of find...

credence goods market is one of the markets that the asymmetric information has transformed it to a missing market. those goods and services that the applicant cannot determine the exact amount of their expenses due to the asymmetric information are called credence goods. from the economists' perspective, transaction in a market where participants are ignorant about each other is a game wi...

The object of research is information inequality. Information inequality seen as a socio-economic problem that can be solved with the help confident actions state. Data analysis confirmed «digital divide» at global and regional levels. transformation services market depends on quality Internet. growing number Internet users tendency, but level it possible to see clear differences, which creates...

A fundamental assumption in this article is that not only the public administration but also semi-private and private agencies provide electronic intermediaries between public services and citizens in a quasi-market situation. The theoretical framework of this study views markets as constructed in contrast to natural phenomena. In these processes of construction the role of technologies such as...