主 题：Competition, Information and Quality: Evidence from Nursing Homes

主讲人：赵昕

摘 要：Economic theory suggests that competition and information can both be important for product quality, and yet evidence on how they may interact to affect quality is sparse. This paper estimates the impact of competition between nursing homes on their quality, and how this impact varies when consumers have better access to information. The effect of competition is identified using exogenous variation in the geographical proximity of nursing homes to their potential consumers. The change in information transparency is captured by the launch of the Five-Star Quality Rating System in 2009, which improved access to the quality information of nursing homes. We find that while the effect of competition on nursing home quality is generally rather limited, this effect becomes significantly stronger with increased information transparency. The results suggest that regulations on public quality reporting and on market structure are policy complements, and should be considered jointly to best improve quality.

关于主讲人：赵昕，对外经济贸易大学，国际经济贸易学院经济系助理教授，取得美国科罗拉大学经济学博士学位，她的研究研究领域为产业经济学，健康经济学，应用微观经济学

时 间：2016年11月17日星期四15:30-17:00

地 点：学术会堂南楼608室

主办单位：人力资本与劳动经济研究中心

[编辑]：张萌