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Originally conceptualized by Hambrick and Mason (1984), the upper echelons perspective (UEP) has become a dominant theme in the study of strategic decision making across a great number of disciplines. Over the past two decades, the work of these authors has been cited in over 500 refereed...
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Experiential learning efforts in the 1950s mimicked the logistic operational gaming of World War II; the results were encouraging. Subsequently, funded research efforts over three decades focused on gaming phenomena. Computers permitted more elaborate games, creating the illusion that they might...
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This project is a study which examines how attendance levels in Major League Baseball stadiums have been impacted by … the current recession in the United States which began in October 2007. Research on attendance during past recessions has … shown a strong relationship that during downtrends in the economy, baseball attendance levels generally do not suffer. Using …
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The extant literature on fat taxes and thin subsidies tends to focus on the overall effectiveness of such fiscal instruments in altering diets and improving health. However, little is known about the welfare impacts of fiscal food policies on society. This paper fills a gap in the literature...
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be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase likelihood of obesity for … females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of obesity for females but …
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educated men are less likely to be obesity. Higher prices for fresh fruits and vegetables and non-alcoholic drinks increase … likelihood of obesity for females but not for males; and a higher price for processed fruits and vegetables reduce likelihood of … obesity for females but not for males. A larger BMI at age 25 has wage effects later in life and also increases the …
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This paper examines the health effects of a fiscal food policy based on a combinationof fat taxes and thin subsidies. The fat tax is based on the saturated fat content of fooditems while the thin subsidy is applied to select fruit and vegetbale items. The policy is designed to be revenue neutral...
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generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems …
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of the thin subsidy. Results suggest there is scope for the design of a fiscal food policy to combat obesity and poor …
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other … sexual orientations.METHODS: We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups … obesity (OR=2.47; 95% CI=1.19, 5.09) as heterosexual women. Bisexuals and women who reported their sexual orientation as …
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