crucial determinant of differences in adult mortality trends in postcommunist countries” (Stuckler, King and McKee, 2009). Our … analysis shows that the estimated correlation of privatization and mortality in country-level data is not robust to recomputing … the mass-privatization measure, to assuming a short lag for economic policies to affect mortality, and to controlling for …

and mortality in the United States. Our strategy relies on federal budget allocations to military within a state to … transfers and simultaneity, and that our strategy does not spuriously explain mortality from causes of death unrelated to public …