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Public acceptability of population-level interventions to reduce alcohol consumption: A discrete choice experiment

Pechey, Rachel; Burge, Peter; Mentzakis, Emmanouil; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 113 (2014) C, pp. 104-109

discrete choice experiment provides a novel investigation of the acceptability of different interventions to reduce alcohol … consumption and the effect of information on expected effectiveness, using a UK general population sample of 1202 adults. Policy … options included high, medium and low intensity versions of: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; reducing numbers of …

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Estimating Discrete Games with Many Firms and Many Decisions : An Application to Merger and Product Variety

Fan, Ying; Yang, Chenyu - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper presents a new method for estimating discrete games based on bounds of conditional choice probabilities. The method does not require solving the game and is scalable to models with many firms and many discrete decisions. We apply the method to study merger effects on firm entry and...

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Malleability of Alcohol Consumption : Evidence from Migrants

Hinnosaar, Marit; Liu, Elaine M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

How malleable is alcohol consumption? Specifically, how much is alcohol consumption driven by the current environment … versus individual characteristics? To answer this question, we analyze changes in alcohol purchases when consumers move from … alcohol purchases than the origin state, the household is likely to increase (decrease) its alcohol purchases right after the …

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The Cost of Curbing Externalities with Market Power : Alcohol Regulations and Tax Alternatives

Conlon, Christopher; Rao, Nirupama L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

competition. However, when products are differentiated curbing consumption through market power can be costly. Firms with market … consumption, PH leads to substantially lower consumer welfare (and government revenue) compared to excise, sales or Ramsey taxes … by distorting consumption choices away from high-quality/premium brands and towards low-quality brands. Replacing PH with …

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Incorporating Micro Data into Differentiated Products Demand Estimation with PyBLP

Conlon, Christopher; Gortmaker, Jeff - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We provide a general framework for incorporating many types of micro data from summary statistics to full surveys of selected consumers into Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995)-style estimates of differentiated products demand systems. We extend best practices for BLP estimation in Conlon and...

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An Economic View of Corporate Social Impact

Allcott, Hunt; Montanari, Giovanni; Ozaltun, Bora; Tan, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The growing discussions of impact investing and stakeholder capitalism have increased interest in measuring companies' social impact. We conceptualize corporate social impact as the welfare loss that would be caused by a firm's exit. To illustrate, we quantify the social impacts of 74 firms in...

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Swallow This : Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability

Abrahamsson, Sara Sofie; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...

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Pace of Adoption of Alternatives to Animal-Source Foods and Climate Goals

Hale, Galina; Onescu, Vlad; Bhangale, Ritesh - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The global food system is an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions that lead to climate change. Animal agriculture is responsible for a large share of the food-system emissions, both directly and through the production of animal feed. Limiting global warming to the goals set forth by...

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Nonparametric Estimation of Demand with Switching Costs : the Case of Habitual Brand Loyalty

Kong, Xinyao; Dubé, Jean-Pierre H.; Daljord, Øystein - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study habitual brand loyalty, one of the earliest empirically-studied forms of switching costs and a classic source of structural state-dependence in consumer demand. Auxiliary instruments and economically-motivated restrictions can tighten nonparametric bounds on the extent of brand loyalty...

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Social Spending in Korea : Can it Foster Sustainable and Inclusive Growth?

Elekdag, Selim Ali - 2012

Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly aging population and ameliorating income inequality. This paper argues that a gradual increase in social spending could promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea....

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