Provider performance reports and consumer welfare.

A provider's performance report consists of his service average outcome and volume. The two variables depend on the provider's private quality type and current demand, but he can raise his average outcome by dumping vulnerable consumers. Prospective consumers infer providers' qualities from their re...

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Publicado en:RAND Journal of Economics (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 250 - 281
Autor principal: Mak, Henry Y.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Spring2017
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        Consumer behavior
        Economic competition
        Quality of service
        Performance evaluation
        Health care industry customer services
        Dumping (Medical care)
        Cardiac surgery
        Profitability
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          Consumer behavior
          Economic competition
          All Other Health and Personal Care Stores
          Quality of service
          Performance evaluation
          Health care industry customer services
          Dumping (Medical care)
          Cardiac surgery
          Profitability
      ab: A provider's performance report consists of his service average outcome and volume. The two variables depend on the provider's private quality type and current demand, but he can raise his average outcome by dumping vulnerable consumers. Prospective consumers infer providers' qualities from their reports. Performance reporting drives some providers to dump consumers when competition is intense, but it may not reveal providers' qualities when their average quality is high. Statistical adjustment aiming at making reports independent of consumer characteristics can lead to more dumping, less informative reports, or both. There is more dumping when volume information is withheld and less dumping when ratings information is coarse.
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