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We propose a new approach for estimating the state-level direct and indirect economic cost of obesity in the United … between the estimates of the total obesity-related costs and the health insurance premium by state in order to evaluate the … state burden of obesity. Our estimate of the total national economic cost attributed to obesity is approximately $422 …
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This paper investigates sentiment in the US economy from 1920 to 1934 using digitized articles from the Wall St Journal. We derive a monthly sentiment index and use a ten variable vector error correction model to identify sentiment shocks that are orthogonal to fundamentals. We show the timing...
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The study intends (1) to look at the importance of individual rationality as the main principle of economic behaviour, incorporated best in the concept of "homo oeconomicus". (2) to show how the third technological revolution, the "digitalization of society", may transform individual behaviour...
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