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The Quality of Health Care Providers
McClellan, Mark - 1999
Obtaining better information on the quality of health care providers is one of the most pressing issues in health policy today. In this paper we (1) develop a new method for measuring quality of care that overcomes the key limitations of available quality measures, and (2) apply this method to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471457
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The Limits of Simple Implementation Intentions : Evidence from a Field Experiment on Making Plans to Exercise
Carrera, Mariana - 2018
the effect of a simple scalable planning intervention on a repeated behavior using a randomized design involving 877 … weeks. In contrast to recent studies, we find that the planning intervention did not have a positive effect on behavior and … planning is helpful and despite clear evidence that they engaged with the planning process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480612
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The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes
Pindyck, Robert S. - 2009
How likely is a catastrophic event that would substantially reduce the capital stock, GDP and wealth? How much should society be willing to pay to reduce the probability or impact of a catastrophe? We answer these questions and provide a framework for policy analysis using a general equilibrium...
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Time Preference, Time Discounting, and Smoking Decisions
Khwaja, Ahmed - 2006
and length of financial planning horizon, smokers are more impatient. However, neither of these measures is significantly … time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466046
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Baby Boomer Retirement Security : the Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth
Lusardi, Annamaria - 2006
estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …
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Urban Forests : Environmental Health Values and Risks
Xing, Jianwei; Hu, Zhiren; Xia, Fan; Xu, Jintao; Zou, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Forests accompany the cities we build. There are an estimated 5.5 billion urban trees in the United States. Globally, about 25 percent of urban land is covered by tree canopy. This study examines urban forests as a policy tool for air pollution mitigation. We study an afforestation program in...
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