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Moral Hazard in Drug Purchases
Harju, Jarkko; Verho, J - 2023
We study the moral hazard effects of the drug copayment threshold in Finland using detailed prescription drug purchase … data. The analysis reveals that the average drug costs increase discontinuously by 17% at the threshold above which out …-of-pocket drug costs decrease substantially. Our results suggest an average price elasticity of -0.17, which indicates evident moral …
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Physician Effects in Antibiotic Prescribing : Evidence from Physician Exits
Huang, Shan; Ullrich, Hannes - 2021
Human antibiotic consumption is considered the main driver of antibiotic resistance. Reducing human antibiotic consumption without compromising health care quality poses one of the most important global health policy challenges. A crucial condition for designing effective policies is to identify...
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How Does the Vaccine Approval Procedure Affect COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions?
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützle, Daniela; … - 2022
Peoples’ willingness to vaccinate is critical to combating the COVID-19 pandemic. We devise a representative experiment to study how the design of the vaccine approval procedure affects public attitudes towards vaccination. Compared to an Emergency Use Authorization, choosing the more thorough...
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V for Vaccines and Variants
Delli Gatti, Domenico; Reissl, Severin; Turco, Enrico Maria - 2021
We employ a new version of the ABC macro-epidemiological agent based model presented in Delli Gatti and Reissl (2020) to evaluate the effects of vaccinations and variants on the epidemic and macroeconomic outlook. Vaccination plays the role of a mitigating factor, reducing the frequency and the...
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Consumer Debt and Default : A Macro Perspective
Exler, Florian - 2020
In this survey, we review the quantitative macroeconomic literature analyzing consumer debt and default. We start by providing an overview of consumer bankruptcy law in the US and document the relevant institutional changes over time. We proceed with a comprehensive empirical section, describing...
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Health Insurance Coverage and Risky Health Behaviors Among Young Adults
Yörük, Baris K. - 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young adults using the confidential version of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort (NLSY97). Before the Affordable Care Act required all employers to provide health...
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Earmarking and the Political Support of Fat Taxes
Cremer, Helmuth; Goulão, Catarina; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015
A fat and a healthy good provide immediate gratification, and cause health costs or benefits in the long run, which are misperceived. Additionally, the fat good (healthy good) increases (decreases) health care costs by increasing (decreasing) the probability of suffering from a chronic disease...
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The Impact of Recent Chemotherapy Innovation on the Longevity of Myeloma Patients: U.S. and International Evidence
Lichtenberg, Frank; Hostenkamp, Gisela - 2013
There were no innovations in chemotherapy for myeloma patients during the period 1977-1997, but there have been several important innovations since 1997. We investigate the impact of recent chemotherapy innovation on the longevity of myeloma patients using both time-series U.S. data and...
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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...
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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise: Evidence from Canadian Panel Data
Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014
Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...
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