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Fast Food, Addiction, And Market Power, Timothy J. Richards, Paul M. Patterson, Stephen F. Hamilton
Fast Food, Addiction, And Market Power, Timothy J. Richards, Paul M. Patterson, Stephen F. Hamilton
Economics
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Do Tobacco-Control Programs Lower Tobacco Consumption? Evidence From California, Michael L. Marlow
Do Tobacco-Control Programs Lower Tobacco Consumption? Evidence From California, Michael L. Marlow
Economics
California is often considered the model for tobacco-control programs due to its early adoption of comprehensive programs aimed at lowering tobacco consumption. Tobacco control began when voters approved the California Tobacco Tax and Health Promotion Act of 1988. More than $2 billion has been spent on tobacco-control in California since 1988. The findings of this article indicate that tobacco-control spending is a significant factor for the widening gap between consumption in the United States and in California only in equations that exclude cigarette prices and smoking bans as control variables. When significant, however, estimates suggest that, for every $1 increase …
Determinants Of State Tobacco-Control Expenditures, Michael L. Marlow
Determinants Of State Tobacco-Control Expenditures, Michael L. Marlow
Economics
While Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe that most state governments under-fund tobacco-control programs, little is known about why large variation in spending exists between state governments. This study explores reasons for spending variation through an econometric model of per capita spending on tobacco-control programs that explores the effects of smoking prevalence while holding constant tobacco settlement funds, state budget deficits, and other factors that might also be expected to influence spending variation. Empirical evidence indicates no support for the hypothesis that states with high smoking prevalence spend more on tobacco-control than other states. This finding may be quite …
Empirical Tests Of Exchange Rate Theory, Eric O'N. Fisher
Empirical Tests Of Exchange Rate Theory, Eric O'N. Fisher
Economics
There have been very few direct applications of experimental techniques in macroeconomics for two main reasons. First, macroeconomics is about the interaction between markets, and it is not easy to design an elegant treatment that gets at the essence of how a national economy functions. Second, there is a vestigial prejudice that favors econometrics over putatively unorthodox empirical approaches. Still, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Edward Prescott is alleged to have said, “Don’t regress; progress!”