Christian Waibel

ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich

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Health Services As Credence Goods: A Field Experiment

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2019
Felix C.H. Gottschalk, Wanda Mimra and Christian Waibel
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich, ESCP Business School and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Health Care; Credence Goods; Overtreatment; Field Experiment

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The Value of Rating Systems in Credence Goods Markets

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 18 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2025
Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Wanda Mimra, Thomas Rittmannsberger and Christian Waibel
UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, University of Innsbruck - Department of Public Finance, ESCP Business School, University of Innsbruck and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Credence goods, expert behavior, ratings, feedback, laboratory experiment

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Discrimination in Health Care: A Field Experiment on the Impact of Patients’ Socio-Economic Status on Access to Care

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2018
Silvia Angerer, Christian Waibel and Harald Stummer
UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology
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Access to health care, SES health gradient, discrimination, field experiment

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An Experiment on Referrals in Health Care

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2019
Christian Waibel and Daniel Wiesen
ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and University of Cologne
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Referrals, diagnosis, altruism, efficiency, laboratory experiment

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The Role of Diagnostic Ability in Markets for Expert Services

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The Role of Diagnostic Ability in Markets for Expert Services

CESifo Working Paper No. 8704
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Nov 2020
Fang Liu, Alexander Rasch, Christian Waibel and Marco A. Schwarz
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
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The Role of Diagnostic Ability in Markets for Expert Services

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Dec 2019
Fang Liu, Alexander Rasch, Marco A. Schwarz and Christian Waibel
Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Credence Good, Diagnosis, Expert, Fraud, Over-treatment, Under-treatment

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Rankings in Healthcare Organizations

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Nov 2020
Katharina Huesmann, Christian Waibel and Daniel Wiesen
University of Muenster, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
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Ranking design, granularity, health care organizations, lab-in-the-field experiment, ability, status, salience

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Price Competition and Reputation in Credence Goods Markets: Experimental Evidence

CER-ETH – Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich Working Paper No. 13/176
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 29 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2016
Wanda Mimra, Alexander Rasch and Christian Waibel
ESCP Business School, University of Cologne and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Credence Good, Expert, Fraud, Price Competition, Reputation, Overcharging, Undertreatment

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Contracting Environments and Efficiency in Markets with Hidden Information: An Experiment

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2021
Wanda Mimra and Christian Waibel
ESCP Business School and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Adverse selection, private and common values, nonexclusive competition

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Monitoring Institutions in Health Care Markets: Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2020
Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Christian Waibel
UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, University of Innsbruck - Department of Public Finance and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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credence goods, physician behavior, undertreatment, overtreatment, overcharging, monitoring, laboratory experiment

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Second Opinions in Markets for Expert Services: Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2018
Wanda Mimra, Alexander Rasch and Christian Waibel
ESCP Business School, University of Cologne and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Credence goods, Experts, Second opinion, Overtreatment, Search costs

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Cost-Sharing or Rebate: The Impact of Health Insurance Design on Reducing Inefficient Care

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
Markus Fels, Nadja Kairies-Schwarz and Christian Waibel
Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn, University of Duisburg-Essen and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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laboratory experiment, cost-sharing, rebates, loss aversion, framing, relative thinking

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Peer Feedback in Clinical High-Volume Activities: How Ranking Designs and Ability Affect Physician Effort

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 May 2024
Katharina Huesmann, Yero Samuel Ndiaye, Christian Waibel and Daniel Wiesen
University of Muenster, University of Cologne, ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and University of Cologne
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Ranking design, peer feedback, lab-in-the-field experiment, status concerns, ability

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Patients' Free Choice of Physicians Is Not Always Good

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 May 2019 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2020
Xinyu Li and Christian Waibel
University of Groningen and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Health care markets, learning, quality, social welfare, regulation

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Trust in Health Care Credence Goods: Experimental Evidence on Framing and Subject Pool Effects

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Nov 2021
Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Christian Waibel
UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, University of Innsbruck - Department of Public Finance and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Health care economics, trust, framing effects, subject pool effects, credence goods, laboratory experiment

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Trust in Health Care Credence Goods: Experimental Evidence on Framing and Subject Pool Effects

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2021
Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Christian Waibel
UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, University of Innsbruck - Department of Public Finance and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Trust, framing effects, credence goods, undertreatment, overcharging, laboratory experiment

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Trust in Health Care Credence Goods: Experimental Evidence on Framing and Subject Pool Effects

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Nov 2021
Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Christian Waibel
UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, University of Innsbruck - Department of Public Finance and ETH Zürich - CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
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Health care economics, trust, framing effects, subject pool effects, credence goods, laboratory experiment