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Nutrient Intake : A Cross-National Analysis of Trends and Economic Correlates
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2016
intake and obesity. The cross-national trends, across countries spanning the spectrum of economic development and geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456496
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Does Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women Affect Prenatal Health Behaviors?
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2015
Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s for pregnant women. Accordingly, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457618
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Isolating the Effect of Major Depression on Obesity : Role of Selection Bias
Dave, Dhaval M. - 2011
obesity. The economic burden of depression, about $100 billion annually, is under-estimated if depression has a positive … causal impact on obesity. If depression plays a causal role in increasing the prevalence of obesity, then policy … from major depression to higher BMI and obesity. While contemporaneous effects are considered, the study primarily focuses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461590
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Local Revenue Hills : A General Equilibrium Specification with Evidence from Four U.S. Cities
Haughwout, Andrew - 2000
We provide estimates of the impact and long-run elasticities of tax base with respect to tax rates for four large U.S. cities: Houston (property taxation), Minneapolis (property taxation), New York City (property, general sales, and income taxation), and Philadelphia (property, gross receipts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471167
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The Effects of Taxation on the Merger Decision
Auerbach, Alan J. - 1987
This paper presents estimates of the tax benefits generated by a sample of U.S. mergers and acquisitions involving two public corporations over the period 1968-83 and estimates a "marriage model" based on differences between these mergers and another sample of "pseudomergers" that did not occur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012476878
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Why Have Corporate Tax Revenues Declined?
Auerbach, Alan J. - 1987
This paper examines the source of changes in corporate tax revenues during the last twenty-five years. It finds that legislative changes explain less than half of the revenue decline during this period. Falling corporate profits have had a larger influence on revenue collections than a11...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012476951
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Why Have Corporate Tax Revenues Declined? Another Look
Auerbach, Alan J. - 2006
As a share of GDP, U.S. federal tax revenues from nonfinancial corporations have held relatively constant since the early 1980s, after falling precipitously during the late 1960s and the 1970s. But this relative constancy masks offsetting trends in the ratio of nonfinancial C corporation profits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466201
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How Much Equity Does the Government Hold?
Auerbach, Alan J. - 2004
A central point in the recent debate about Social Security in the United States has been the extent to which the federal government should take significant positions in the equity market. But, as this paper shows, the government already has a much more significant, if implicit position in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468403
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Local Revenue Hills : Evidence from Four U.S. Cities
Haughwout, Andrew F. - 2003
We provide estimates of the impact and long-run elasticities of tax base with respect to tax rates for four large U.S. cities: Houston (property taxation), Minneapolis (property taxation), New York City (property, general sales, and income taxation), and Philadelphia (property, gross receipts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469012