While previous studies examine how the business cycle affects mortality in developed countries, less is known about this relationship in developing countries. In this paper, we investigate whether the procyclical nature of mortality in developed countries found by Ruhm (2000) and others is also...

In this study, I develop an analytical general equilibrium model to assess the distributional effects across income groups of a carbon tax assuming that the revenue from the carbon tax is recycled in two different ways: as a manufacturing tax-cut and a food subsidy. I use this analytical model...