Obesity spreads more easily if is not perceived negatively. This may be the case among the poor, for whom fatness can … facing the highest obesity rate in the world. Individual fatness is instrumented using variation in genetic predisposition …. Results confirm a positive or insignificant effects of obesity among the poor and point to a depressing effect among the rich …

overconsumption and obesity on mortality tends to question that postulate. This paper develops a two-period OLG model where life …

price of fruit and vegetables in brine by 10% would decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity by 24% and 33 …

Advertising competes for scarce consumer attention, so more profitable advertisers send more messages to break through …

trade interacts with this problem of market intransparency. Sellers must communicate their offers through costly advertising …

&D, advertising and the competitive environment.The empirical findings confirm the predictions of a dynamic model that complements … advertising in order to extract maximal rents; thus, lower costs of ads may favor R&D. …

We analyze the effects of a school-based incentive program on children's exercise habits. The program offers children …

We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health …

of children aged between 7 and 14, we find strong aversion to lying at all ages. Lying is driven mainly by selfish … motives and envy. Children with stronger social preferences are less prone to deception, even when lying would benefit others … at no monetary cost. Older children lie less than younger children and require more selfjustification to lie. …