increased threat of capital flight can discipline governments and improve governance and welfare by placing countries in a …

overestimate their 5-year risks of a heart attack and a stroke. Obese individuals are thus aware of some but not all obesity …

Using a unique dataset on health club attendance from Quebec, we look at the relationship between actual and expected … attendance and how these relate to a reported measure of self-control problems at the time of contract signing. We find that a … actual attendance following contract choice is related to baseline reports of self-control. We find that reports of self …

This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 …

around the 1970s. In sum, the creeping nature of the obesity epidemic is evident, as the technological and lifestyle changes …