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other way around. Moreover, we found that alcohol is a gateway for cigarette which further supports our conclusion … concerning the reinforcing effect of alcohol consumption on cigarette consumption. We believe that drinking works as a trigger … to cut cigarette consumption might increase alcohol consumption to cope with resulting stress, which induces an asymmetry …
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, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diversity of diet. The results from a dynamic empirical model suggest that …, economic growth has a significant impact on changes in fat and protein consumption and on alcohol use, while unemployment … changes significantly impact protein intake, alcohol consumption and the diversity of diet. …
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Few publications have attempted to tackle the nature of alcohol on a global level. Given its universal availability and … the emerging amount of alcohol-related data, we explore the cross-country and cross-continent nature of alcohol. Similarly … suggest alcohol is unclassifiable in the typical demand model as we observe more unresponsive price elasticity estimates as …
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The Evening Entertainment/Bar Industry in Narragansett is one that is flourishing and has been so for many years. As a college town Narragansett provides students and locals alike with opportunities to spend an evening on the town and enjoy the company of their peers. As a means of service there...
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Background Although moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to confer a protective effect for specific diseases …, current societal patterns of alcohol use impose a huge health and economic burden on modern society. This study presents a … method for estimating the health and economic burden of alcohol consumption to the UK National Health Service (NHS). Methods …
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During their holidays, tourists produce direct and indirect effects on local residents, which can either be positive or negative. In this paper we investigate how residents of Rimini, a popular Italian seaside resort hosting more than ten million national and foreign overnight stays every year,...
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This paper extends an economic geography model by tariffs to analyze their impact on welfare and sustainability of agglomerations. Policies with and without cooperation are compared, with the goal of maximizing aggregated welfare in the former and regional welfare in the latter case. The main...
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This paper contributes to the literature on foreign aid by exclusively explaining a donor’s motivation for foreign external assistance. The underlying framework focuses on recipients’ needs for foreign aid to address income inequality as and when growth occurs. A tax-subsidy policy is...
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This paper examines the problem of optimal tax mix analytically in a two-sector growth model with transitional dynamics. Tax revenue is required to provide a pure public good. The key problems are: over-consumption of leisure under labor income or consumption taxes; and under-investment in human...
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Following Chamley, Lucas, Laitner, and Aiyagari, this dissertation continues toexplore the answer for the question of zero capital taxation by discussing how taxeson capital income, labor income, and property affect the economy in the contextof a vintage capital model where the embodied...
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