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Is Fish Brain Food or Brain Poison? Sea Surface Temperature, Methyl-mercury and Child Cognitive Development
Rosenzweig, Mark R. - 2020
development. Using an IV strategy based on an equilibrium model of fish supply that exploits time-series variation in oceanic SST …We exploit variation in the composition of local fish catches around the time of birth using administrative and census … the causal effects of early-life consumption of methylmercury (MeHg) and DHA, elements contained in fish, on cognitive …
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Estimating the Effects of Milk Inspections on Infant and Child Mortality, 1880-1910
Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; McKelligott, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In the mid-19th century, the urban milk supply in the United States was regularly skimmed or diluted with water, reducing its nutritional value. At the urging of public health experts, cities across the country hired milk inspectors, who were tasked with collecting and analyzing milk samples...
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The Effects of Government Licensing on E-commerce : Evidence from Alibaba
Jin, Ginger Zhe - 2020
Using proprietary data from Alibaba, we examine how the 2015 Food Safety Law (FSL) affects e-commerce in China. The FSL requires most food sellers on e-commerce platforms to obtain a valid, online license for retail food handling. Because the FSL was rolled out progressively, we have a rare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482103
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Public or Private Production of Food Safety : What Do U.S. Consumers Want?
Smith, V. Kerry - 2008
This paper reports estimates of consumers' preferences for plans to improve food safety. The plans are distinguished based on whether they address the ex ante risk of food borne illness or the ex post effects of the illness. They are also distinguished based on whether they focus on a public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464359
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Is the Food and Drug Administration Safe and Effective?
Philipson, Tomas J. - 2007
In the United States, drug safety and efficacy are primarily regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the legal system, which gives manufacturers large incentives to produce safe drugs and provide proper warnings for side effects, since patients can sue manufacturers that provide...
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Black Box Warnings and Drug Safety : Examining the Determinants and Timing of FDA Warning Labels
Begosh, Allan - 2006
Comparing the safety of prescription drugs over time is difficult due to the paucity of reliable quantitative measures of drug safety. Both the academic literature and popular press have focused on drug withdrawals as a proxy for breakdowns in the drug safety system. This metric, however, is...
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Is the FDA Too Conservative or Too Aggressive? : A Bayesian Decision Analysis of Clinical Trial Design
Montazerhodjat, Vahid - 2015
Implicit in the drug-approval process is a trade-off between Type I and Type II error. We explore the application of Bayesian decision analysis (BDA) to minimize the expected cost of drug approval, where relative costs are calibrated using U.S. Burden of Disease Study 2010 data. The results for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457169
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The Intensive Margin in Trade
Fernandes, Ana M. - 2018
The Melitz model highlights the importance of the extensive margin (the number of firms exporting) for trade flows. Using the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) featuring firm-level exports from 50 countries, we find that around 50% of variation in exports is along the extensive...
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Commodity Exports, Invisible Exports and Terms of Trade for the Middle Colonies, 1720 to 1775
Mancall, Peter - 2008
two time series to serve as indicators of broader changes rather than considering the export sector as a whole. Here we … present new comprehensive export measures for the middle colonies. We find that aggregate exports in constant prices grew very … trade increased the colonists' ability to buy imports over time, especially after 1740. Although the export sector performed …
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Upstart Industrialization and Exports, Japan 1880-1910
Meissner, Christopher M. - 2017
that changes in various extensive margins (new markets, new goods) account for over 30 percent of export growth over this …-level characteristics interacting with destination-specific characteristics. We confirm that export growth for "new" products was stronger …
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