The 16 German federal states introduced smoking bans on different dates during 2007 and 2008. These bans restricted … smoking in enclosed public places, particularly in restaurants and bars. This study examines the effects of smoking bans on … self-assessed health. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), difference-in-differences estimations provide …

The 16 German federal states introduced smoking bans on different dates during 2007 and 2008. These bans restricted … smoking in enclosed public places, particularly in restaurants and bars. This study examines the effects of smoking bans on … self-assessed health. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), difference-in-differences estimations provide …

A large literature has documented relationships between state clean indoor air laws (SCIALs) and smoking …‐experimental models indicate robust effects of SCIALs restricting smoking in bars: these laws significantly increased the presence of … workplace smoking restrictions as reported by bartenders and reduced the fraction of bartenders who smoke. We do not, however …

The majority of over 150 studies conclude that smoking bans do not have adverse effects on the revenues, profits, or … question many of the prior results. I examine the market value impact of a proposed smoking ban using a sample and methodology … firms examined upon the announcement of a proposed smoking ban. These results support the conclusion that a smoking ban …

This paper evaluates the impact of smoking bans on smoking using a policy change introduced by the UK government. We … present a theoretical model of smoking that defines an individual’s life-cycle addiction and cigarette consumption in the … presence and in the absence of a public smoking ban. The model shows that the imposition of a public smoking ban should affect …

: general health status, mental health, physical health problems, and health behaviours (drinking and smoking). Lottery winnings …. For the second, we show that lottery winnings are also associated with more smoking and social drinking. General health …We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes …

: general health status, mental health, physical health problems, and health behaviors (drinking and smoking). Lottery winnings … second, we show that lottery winnings are also associated with more smoking and social drinking. General health will reflect …We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes …

This paper investigates the role of banking supervision, measured in terms of enforcement outputs (i.e., on-site audits … and sanctions) in containing bank risk-taking. Our results on the direct banking supervision–risk-taking correlation show … an inverted U-shaped relationship between on-site audits and bank risk, while the nexus between enforcement actions and …