Nonprofits and the Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to the Health Sector

An earlier version of this paper was entitled “Tasks, Ownership, and Health Service Production.” I thank my myriad coauthors on previous studies cited herein and especially my mentor-coauthors for years of enlightening discussions on many related issues: János Kornai, Joseph P. Newhouse, Richard J. Zeckhauser, and Victor R. Fuchs. I also gratefully acknowledge financial support from a Stanford Asia-Pacific Research Center faculty research award; research assistant support from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford King Center on Global Development; and the excellent research assistance of Erik Bradley, Bryan Ly, Benji Reade Malagueño, Darren Wong, Jingyue Zhang, and Shirley Zhao. I thank the Stanford Research Computing Center (Sherlock cluster) for providing computational resources and support that contributed to these research results. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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