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The Market Share of Nonprofit and For-profit Organizations in the Quasi-Market: Japan's Long-Term Care Services Market

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  • Nobuko KANAYA
  • Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
  • Junyi SHEN

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This study uses a prefectural panel data set to examine the factors that affect the market share of nonprofit and for-profit providers in Japan's long-term care insurance system. Here, we focus on the market size and potential, asymmetric information, and the voluntarism environment. Our findings are as follows: (1) nonprofit organizations have a larger market share in areas with relatively unprofitable market conditions; (2) in the case of asymmetric information, experienced nonprofit providers, including government-driven and partial nonprofit providers, have a larger market share than citizen-driven nonprofit and for-profit providers; and (3) citizen-driven nonprofit providers have a larger market share in areas with more active civic voluntarism.

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  • Nobuko KANAYA & Hiromasa TAKAHASHI & Junyi SHEN, 2015. "The Market Share of Nonprofit and For-profit Organizations in the Quasi-Market: Japan's Long-Term Care Services Market," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 86(2), pages 245-266, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:annpce:v:86:y:2015:i:2:p:245-266
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