Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has … adopted ENDS taxes. We use two large national surveys (Monitoring the Future and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System …) to estimate the impact of ENDS taxes on youth tobacco use. We find that ENDS taxes reduce youth ENDS consumption, with …

question: how strongly can media affect public perceptions? This paper uses a natural experiment - the staggered introduction … of the Digital TV signal in Italy - to measure the effect of media persuasion on the perceptions individuals hold. We … focus on crime perceptions and, combining channel-specific viewership and content data, we show that the reduced exposure to …

positive association between local area-level radiation dosage and health perception based on self-reported poor health status … performance. Any effects on negative health perceptions appear to be stronger among women and older individuals. -- Chernobyl …

individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that …