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Do soda taxes affect the consumption and health of school-aged children? : evidence from France and Hungary

Gangl, Selina - 2021 - Revised version

in Europe: Hungary imposed a Public Health Product Tax (PHPT) on several unhealthy products in 2011. France introduced …-parametric Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach. Since the policies differ in Hungary and France, I analyse the effects separately by … beverages, which are taxed at a higher rate, by sodas. The effect of the soda tax in France is as expected negative, but …

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Do soda taxes affect the consumption and health of school-aged children? : evidence from France and Hungary

Gangl, Selina - 2020

: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely …- parametric difference-in-differences (DID) approach. Since the policies differ in Hungary and France, I analyse the effects … as well as the decreased amount of sugar in sodas. The effect of the soda tax in France is as expected negative, but …

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The economic consequences of R = 1 : towards a workable behavioural epidemiological model of pandemics

Gans, Joshua - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 14 (2022) 1, pp. 3-25

This paper reviews the literature on incorporating behavioural elements into epidemiological models of pandemics. While modelling behaviour by forward-looking rational agents can provide some insight into the time paths of pandemics, the non-stationary nature of Susceptible-Infected-Removed...

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Reference pricing and parallel imports : evidence from Germany

Birg, Laura - 2019

I study the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports, in particular the market share of parallel imports and the number of parallel traders. First, I analyze the effect of reference pricing on competition by parallel imports in a vertical differentiation model with a...

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Health status determinants in the OECD countries : a panel data approach with endogenous regressors

Poças, Ana; Soukiazis, Elias - 2010

The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of life expectancy as proxy for health status of the OECD countries' population. A production function of health is used to explain expectancy life at birth for total and ageing population and according to gender. Socio-economic factors,...

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Sin taxes, insurance and the correction of internalities

Kalamov, Zarko Y.; Runkel, Marco - 2019

We analyze individuals with heterogeneous time-inconsistent preferences that consume sin goods and make a savings decision. A government may tax the sin good and provide mandatory health insurance. Due to time-inconsistency, the individual sin good and savings choices in ict internalities. Due...

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Alcohol availability and alcohol-attributable mortality : economic implications following a change in sales policy

Stoppel, Relika - 2019

It is commonly known that irresponsible alcohol use can have adverse effects. For some people it results in health problems, for others in productivity loss, and some experience the worst possible outcome of alcohol misuse: death. This paper estimates the effect of reduced alcohol sales hours on...

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Health effects of labor market policies : evidence from drug prescriptions

Caliendo, Marco; Mahlstedt, Robert; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2019 - This draft: February 15, 2019

Comprehensive evidence has shown that unemployment can have adverse effects on an individuals' mental and physical health condition. However little is known about the side effects of governmental policies that aim to promote the unemployed's reintegration into the labor market on the health...

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The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake : a randomized experiment in Indonesia

Marcus, Maja E.; Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; Vollmer, … - 2021

While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...

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Understanding demand for COVID-19 antibody testing

Serra-Garcia, Marta; Szech, Nora - 2021

We study individual demand for COVID-19 antibody tests in an incentivized study on a representative sample of the US population. Almost 2,000 participants trade off obtaining an athome test kit against money. At prices close to zero, 80 percent of individuals want the test. However, this broad...

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