How do health crises affect election results? We combine a panel of election results from 1893-1933 with spatial … lasting shift towards left-wing parties. We argue that pandemic intensity increased the salience of public health policy …, prompting voters to reward parties signaling competence in health issues. Alternative explanations such as pandemic …

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 … concerning the health effects of the consumption of fat and of healthy goods. The level of the fat tax is determined through …