Auctions vs negotiations: A study of price differentials

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1239-1251

  Kjerstad, Egil ^a,b,c  

^a Institute for Research in Economics   (Norway)

^b SNF   (Norway)

^c Health Economics Bergen   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auction; Bargaining; Endogenous market structure; Price differentials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTRACT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE; CONTRACTS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEGOTIATING; NORWAY; PURCHASING, HOSPITAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 29544433611     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1004     Document Type: Article

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