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Driving Under the Influence of Our Fathers
Hjalmarsson, Randi; Lindquist, Matthew - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2009
This paper studies intergenerational correlations in drunk driving between fathers and their children using the Stockholm Birth Cohort. We find strong evidence of an intergenerational drunk driving relationship. Cohort members who have fathers with a drunk driving record have 2.59 times higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014553
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Health Effects of Occupational Change
Lazareva, Olga - Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New … - 2009
significant negative effect on individual health; it also increases smoking and alcohol consumption. These results survive a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357266
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High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422065
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The Dynamics of the Russian Lifestyle During Transition: Changes in Food, Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption
Herzfeld, Thomas; Huffman, Sonya K.; Rizov, Marian - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2009
, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diet’s diversity between 1994 and 2004. The results from a dynamic econometric … the macroeconomic variables, inflation has a significant impact on changes in alcohol and cigarettes consumption, while …, but do not respond to own prices for alcohol and cigarettes. Analysis of subsamples conditional on initial consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599254
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Advertising bans
Motta, Massimo - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1996
I show that an advertising ban is more likely to increase -- rather than decrease -- total consumption when advertising does not bring about a large expansion of market demand at given prices and when it increases product differentiation (thus allowing firms to command higher prices). In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772016
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Are Drinkers Prone To Engage In Risky Sexual Behaviors?
Gil-Lacruz, Ana Isabel; Gil Lacruz, Marta; Oliva … - Departamento de Análisis Económico: Teoría … - 2009
explored the link between alcohol use and risky sexual practices, the unobserved differences among individuals make it … alternative methodologies: controlling results with a rich set of variables; identifying the impact of alcohol use while assuming … there is an identical selection outcome for observed and unobserved variables; estimating alcohol consumption and risky …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497809
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Gender and the Influence of Peer Alcohol Consumption on Adolescent Sexual Activity
Waddell, Glen R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and … demonstrate that female sexual activity is higher where there is higher alcohol consumption among male peers. This relationship is … groups, and is distinctly different from any influence of the alcohol consumption of female peers which is shown to have no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470359
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Gratuitous Violence and the Rational Offender Model
foreman-peck, james s.; Moore, Simon - Economics Section, Cardiff Business School - 2009
Rational offender models assume that individuals choose whether to offend by weighing the rewards against the chances of apprehension and the penalty if caught. While evidence indicates that rational theory is applicable to acquisitive crimes, the explanatory power for gratuitous non-fatal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976861
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Revenue functions and Dupuit curves for indirect taxes with cross-border shopping
Aasness, Jørgen; Nygård, Odd Erik - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2009
The partial revenue from each indirect tax and the total revenue from all indirect taxes on consumer goods are derived as functions of all commodity prices, the tax rates of each commodity, total expenditure and demographic variables using a complete demand system. Within this framework we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980658
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The demand for intensity versus frequency of alcohol consumption: Evidence from rural Australia
Petrie, Dennis; Doran, Christopher; Shakeshaft, Anthony; … - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 2009
This paper develops a theoretical model for the demand of alcohol where intensity and frequency of consumption are … of consumption may be unimportant for many goods, this is clearly not the case with alcohol where the likelihood of harm … applied to data from rural Australia in order to investigate the factors that affect the patterns of alcohol use for this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001723