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Effects of ownership, subsidization and teaching activities on hospitals costs in Switzerland
(2006)QuadernoThis paper explores the cost structure of Swiss hospitals, focusing on differences due to teaching activities and those across different ownership and subsidization types. A stochastic total cost frontier with a Cobb-Douglas functional form has been estimated for a panel of 150 general hospitals over the six-year period from 1998 and 2003. Inpatient cases adjusted by DRG cost weights and ambulatory revenues are considered as two separate ...Working Paper -
Cost structure, economies of capacity utilization and scope in Swiss higher education institutions
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Regional public health care spending in Switzerland: An empirical analysis
(2006)QuadernoIn this study we attempt to explain variations across the Swiss regional states (cantons) in public health care expenditures. The large autonomy of the cantons in the organization and financing of health care services creates strong heterogeneity. Per capita public expenditures in health care are assumed to depend on the median tax share, intergovernmental grants, and some structural factors. The empirical analysis shows that cantonal ...Working Paper -
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Economies of scale and scope in local public transportation
(2006)CEPE Working PaperThe purpose of this study is to analyze the cost structure of a sample of Swiss multi-modal urban transport operators in order to assess economies of scale and scope. The results suggest that the industry is characterized by increasing returns to scale and economies of scope. Several European countries have introduced a competitive tendering procedure in the assignment of franchised monopoly in the local transport industry. In the case ...Working Paper