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Markets for illicit drugs present an interesting case study for economics, combining non-standard characteristics such as addiction and product illegality. One response has been to argue the generality of economic principles by suggesting that they apply even in the extreme case of markets for...
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Markets for illicit drugs present an interesting case study for economics, combining non-standard characteristics such as addiction and product illegality. One response has been to argue the generality of economic principles by suggesting that they apply even in the extreme case of markets for...
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Drug consumption is a voluntary decision based on preexisting situational contexts, social events, personal traits and cultural circumstances. Because of this, drug consumption is not pathological but rather normal and ubiquitous. It is only as a result of persecution by the authorities of...
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In letzter Zeit stehen zunehmend Lebensmittelskandale und damit die Qualität von Lebensmitteln in der öffentlichen Diskussion. Neben anderer Folgen haben diese Skandale teilweise auch erhebliche gesamtwirtschaftliche Konsequenzen. In der Arbeit werden zunächst einige der vergangenen...
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prevention centers on the need to cut the costs of highly costly systems such as Medicare. However, little is known about the … the dynamic for the demand for prevention plays out among older adults within the context of a household. Moreover, there … dissertation examines the theoretical and empirical factors that influence the demand for prevention at the individual and …
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Food risks may be caused by moral hazard, i.e. by opportunisticbehaviour of upstream sellers who exploit the fact that many foodproduct qualities remain uncertain to downstream buyers in thecourse of conventional market transactions (credence qualities).Due to this lack of market transparency...
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The new EU Animal Health Strategy suggests ashift in emphasis away from control towards preventionand surveillance … onhuman health, prevention appears preferable to curebut the case is less clear for other objectives. …
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