interventions. It also details non-traditional models (e.g. involving hyperbolic time discounting or bounded rationality) that even … lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

interventions. It also details nontraditional models (e.g. involving hyperbolic time discounting or bounded rationality) that even … lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

policies may also affect the obesity prevalence and fat taxes could influence smoking behavior. We address this issue from a … body weight and addiction to smoking. Focusing on direct and cross price effects, we compare tobacco taxes and fat taxes … effective than tobacco taxes at simultaneously fighting obesity and smoking. …

I derive a simple closed-form formula for the optimal tax on addictive goods when consumers with hyperbolic time …

This paper provides an introduction, with critical interpretations, to the use of hyperbolic discounting as a model of … behavior for the consumption of addictive goods. The exponential and hyperbolic discounting models are carefully reviewed, with … be used to assess and critique the hyperbolic discounting model …