the effect of a simple scalable planning intervention on a repeated behavior using a randomized design involving 877 … weeks. In contrast to recent studies, we find that the planning intervention did not have a positive effect on behavior and … planning is helpful and despite clear evidence that they engaged with the planning process …

and length of financial planning horizon, smokers are more impatient. However, neither of these measures is significantly … time preference and self-control, i.e., impulsivity and financial planning, are more closely related to the smoking …

estimates show that planning behavior can explain the differences in savings and why some people arrive close to retirement with …

whether it was a move toward economic efficiency using data from Massachusetts. Medicaid spending will fall, but only a modest … amount ($0.1 billion). The efficiency issue turns mainly on the treatment of health benefits from reduced smoking induced by … the settlement. We conclude that the settlement was a move towards economic efficiency …

One of the benefits commonly claimed for expanded public health insurance is improved efficiency of medical care …

This paper describes an efficiency approach to the evaluation of policy changes. Rather than comparing the utility …

This paper measures for the first time the economic efficiency effects of the taxation of wireless services, which are … thereby suppress demand for service, imposing an efficiency loss on the economy of $0.53 for every $1 currently raised in … taxes. Prospective taxes will impose an efficiency loss of $0.72-$1.14 per additional dollar of tax revenue raised …