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' payments from these programs are dependent on whether or not the market price exceeds a "policy" price. It assesses if the …-wheat price margin. The analysis compares the outcomes of using constrained and unconstrained sliced inverse regressions in order …
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Grain shippers and political figures in North Dakota and nearby states have voiced concern that the dramatic increases in shipments of crude oil by rail have caused service delays and higher costs. We investigate the potential impact of crude shipments on grain markets accounting for harvest...
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In this paper we develop a new approach to measuring the gains from economic integration based on a generalization of the Ricardian model in which heterogeneous factors of production are allocated to multiple sectors in multiple local markets based on comparative advantage. We implement this...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the price of alcoholic beverages and the incidence of … violence is well documented, as is the negative relationship between the quantity of alcohol consumed and its price. These two … reduced form model is estimated where the probability of being a victim of violent crime is determined by the price of alcohol …
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used to model multiple cessation attempts of young adults. The estimates indicate that increases in the price of cigarettes … remain smoke- free after at least one prior cessation attempt. The average price elasticity of cessation is 0.343. In …
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a large empirical literature from the 1950's and 60's, that it is necessary to distinguish the response of price to an … two models that can potentially explain these findings. Both break the link between price and marginal cost, thereby … second is driven by firms pricing to limit non-price competition within their market …
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cigarette price and policy-related measures to estimate smoking cessation equations for young adult males and females separately …
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enough, however, the relative price of capital goods, an important component of the user cost of capital, has never been …
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equilibrium price effects of coupons, we employ individual-level data to estimate a discrete choice model of demand for multiple … sclerosis drugs. We use our demand estimates to parameterize a model of drug price negotiations. For this category of drugs, we …
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There is wide dispersion in pharmaceutical prices across countries with comparable quality standards. Under monopoly, off-patent and generic drug prices are at least four times higher in the United States than in comparable English-speaking high income countries. With five or more competitors,...
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