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Motta, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper shows that an advertising ban is more likely to increase – rather than decrease – total consumption when advertising does not bring about a large expansion of market demand at given prices and when it increases product differentiation (thus allowing firms to command higher...

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From Shame to Game in One Hundred Years: The Rise in Premarital Sex and its Destigmitization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Societies socialize children about sex. This is done in the presence of peer-group effects, which may encourage undesirable behavior. Parents want the best for their children. Still, they weigh the marginal gains from socializing their children against its costs. Churches and states may...

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The Tobacco Deal

Bulow, Jeremy I.; Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

We analyse the major economic issues raised by the 1997 Tobacco Resolution and the ensuing proposed legislation that … were intended to settle tobacco litigation in the United States. By settling litigation largely in return for tax increases …

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The Demand for Tobacco in Post-Unification Italy

Ciccarelli, Carlo; De Fraja, Gianni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper studies the demand for tobacco products in post-unification Italy. We construct a very detailed panel … dataset of yearly consumption in the 69 Italian provinces from 1871 to 1913, and use it to estimate the demand for tobacco … considered, tobacco was a normal good in Italy: aggregate tobacco consumption increased with income. Subsequently, we consider …

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The Cost of Binge Drinking

Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We estimate the effect of binge drinking on accident and emergency attendances, road accidents, arrests, and the number of police officers on duty using a variety of unique data from Britain and a two-sample minimum distance estimation procedure. Our estimates, which reveal sizeable effects of...

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Policing Cannabis and Drug Related Hospital Admissions: Evidence from Administrative Records

Kelly, Elaine; Rasul, Imran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Abstract We evaluate the impact of a policing experiment that depenalized the possession of small quantities of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth, on hospital admissions related to illicit drug use. To do so, we exploit administrative records on individual hospital admissions classified...

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Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release

Mechoulan, Stéphane; Sahuguet, Nicolas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We investigate possible racial discrimination in the context of discretionary parole release. We develop a rational choice model of release whereby a parole board must balance parolees' risk of violation with the cost of not releasing prisoners who may not violate their parole. A color-blind...

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Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …

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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout this period, despite evidence of convergence, the racial gap in attainment between blacks and whites has been persistently determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results...

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Multi-Battle Contests

Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We study equilibrium in a multistage race in which players compete in a sequence of simultaneous move component … contests. Players may win a prize for winning each component contest, as well as a prize for winning the overall race. Each …

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