Ross, Justin M.; Yakovlev, Pavel A.; Carson, Fatima - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 41 (2012) 4, pp. 408-417
Using recently released data on public mental health expenditures by U.S. states from 1997 to 2005, this study is the first to examine the effect of state mental health spending on suicide rates. We find the effect of per capita public mental health expenditures on the suicide rate to be...
