Many violent relationships are characterized by a high degree of cyclicality: women who are the victims of domestic violence often leave and return multiple times. To explain this we develop a model of time inconsistent preferences in the context of domestic violence. This time inconsistency...

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Notes that Florida's Medicaid managed care program continues to face many of the same issues as it has historically: demands of litigation diverted agency resources and slowed progress in enhancing oversight and education. The joint use of HMOs and PCCM components, combined with other issues,...

We study how advances in scientific knowledge affect the evolution of disparities in health. Our focus is the 1964 Surgeon General Report on Smoking and Health - the first widely publicized report of the negative effects of smoking on health. Using an historical dataset that includes the smoking...