Mihkel M Tombak
Biographic Data
| ID | 5733186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mihkel M Tombak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mihkel M |
| FAMILY NAME | Tombak |
| SIGNATURE | TOMBAK M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto Mississauga |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Competition between For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Care Providers and Quality
We develop a model including many features of health care systems: a limited number of approved treatments of certain qualities, insurance schemes reimbursing costs of a standard service, and nonprofit organizations competing with for-profit suppliers. All the equilibria exhibit quality differentiation, and the nonprofit captures a higher market share. Nonprofits (for-profits) supply the standard service when the quality upgrade induces a suffici…
Why Firms Form (Or do not Form) RJVS
In this article, we examine why it is difficult to induce firms to form Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We examine various incentives and disincentives for RJV formation by estimating an endogeneous switching model using data from the US National Cooperative Research Act. The empirical findings support hypotheses that firms of different sizes have disincentives to form RJVs and that cost-sharing is an important incentive for RJV participation. Co…
The effect of technological uncertainty on the optimal location of a competitive firm
Why Firms Form (Or do not Form) RJVS
In this article, we examine why it is difficult to induce firms to form Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We examine various incentives and disincentives for RJV formation by estimating an endogeneous switching model using data from the US National Cooperative Research Act. The empirical findings support hypotheses that firms of different sizes have disincentives to form RJVs and that cost-sharing is an important incentive for RJV participation. Co…
The effect of technological uncertainty on the optimal location of a competitive firm
Why Firms Form (Or do not Form) RJVS
In this article, we examine why it is difficult to induce firms to form Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). We examine various incentives and disincentives for RJV formation by estimating an endogeneous switching model using data from the US National Cooperative Research Act. The empirical findings support hypotheses that firms of different sizes have disincentives to form RJVs and that cost-sharing is an important incentive for RJV participation. Co…
Competition between For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Care Providers and Quality
We develop a model including many features of health care systems: a limited number of approved treatments of certain qualities, insurance schemes reimbursing costs of a standard service, and nonprofit organizations competing with for-profit suppliers. All the equilibria exhibit quality differentiation, and the nonprofit captures a higher market share. Nonprofits (for-profits) supply the standard service when the quality upgrade induces a suffici…
Economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Accounting (1 work) · Competition (biology) (1 work) · Competitive advantage (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (1 work) · Economic competition (1 work) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (1 work)