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Economic Growth and Obesity : Findings of an Obesity Kuznets Curve
Cotet Grecu, Anca; Rotthoff, Kurt W. - 2014
Simon Kuznets’ (1955) hypothesis that as a country develops, a natural cycle develops where inequality first increases, then decreases, has become known at the Kuznets curve. This pattern has also been applied to the environment, an ‘Environmental Kuznets curve’, showing that as...
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Mitigating adverse social and health impacts of COVID-19 with applied arts
Metzger, Martina; Steinhauer, Hans Walter; Pédussel … - 2024
In this project, we analyze whether the arts can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing and isolation on mental health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of solidarity and trust. Using the SOEP-CoV questionnaire, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015078663
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Mitigating adverse social and health impacts of COVID-19 with applied arts
Metzger, Martina; Steinhauer, Hans Walter; Pédussel … - 2024
In this project, we analyze whether the arts can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing and isolation on mental health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of solidarity and trust. Using the SOEP-CoV questionnaire, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081292
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The Regulation of Consumer Financial Products : An Introductory Essay with Four Case Studies
Campbell, John Y. - 2010
market failures or other deficiencies, and the structure of our current system of regulation. To illustrate our analytical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139849
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Moral and Philosophical Aspects of the Debate over A La Carte Regulation
Thierer, Adam D. - 2007
The unstated assumption underlying the drive for a la carte regulation and family-friendly tiering mandates is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050626
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Variation in the Intensity of Financial Regulation : Preliminary Evidence and Potential Implications
Jackson, Howell E. - 2015
regarding the actual intensity of financial regulation in developed countries as well as a robust literature about how to … conducting a theoretically complete analysis of costs and benefits in the area of financial regulation as well as the problems … associated in making international comparisons between the observed levels of the intensity of financial regulation across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061542
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How regulation might fail to reduce energy consumption while still stimulating total factor productivity growth
Bansal, Sangeeta; Filippini, Massimo; Srinivasan, Suchita - 2023 - Last revision: January 27, 2023
This paper evaluates the impact of a policy that was implemented to reduce the energy intensity of firms in some manufacturing sectors in India, on the total factor productivity (TFP) growth of firms and on its components, scale efficiency and technical change. Using plant-level panel data on...
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Comprehensive selectivity assessment for a major consumer panel : attitudes toward government regulation of environment, health and safety risks
Cameron, Trudy Ann; DeShazo, J. R. - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732470
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Do ‘Cheeseburger Bills’ Work? Effects of Tort Reform for Fast Food
Carpenter, Christopher - 2015
After highly publicized lawsuits against McDonald's in 2002, 26 states adopted Commonsense Consumption Acts (CCAs) – aka ‘Cheeseburger Bills' – that greatly limit fast food companies' liability for weight-related harms. We provide the first evidence of the effects of CCAs using plausibly...
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Regulation of health, safety, and environmental risks
Viscusi, W. Kip - 2006
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