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proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes daily by approximately one percentage point, translating to 2.5 million extra adult …
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divorce) affect individuals’ smoking behavior and body weight. Using German Socio-Economic Panel data, this study accounts for … probability to start or quit smoking and lead to changes in body weight. In particular, smoking behavior and body weight are …; separation from a partner leads to weight loss, increased smoking initiation, and decreased smoking cessation …
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This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
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This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustrate their measurement in surveys and provide evidence on their relevance. Next, we decompose the theoretical effect into its...
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The reason for extending the Value Added Tax (VAT) to the services sector in China is not sufficiently powerful. Just looking at the services sector, substituting the sales tax with a VAT gives rise to many difficulties in terms of system design and implementation, and the possible problems may...
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There is growing debate about whether consumer subsidies related to nutrition programs should be more flexible. Additional flexibility increases consumer welfare, but may hinder efforts towards achieving nutrition goals. We study how consumers would respond to subsidy designs with different...
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