1.
Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-2
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 04 Jan 2013
Last Revised: 28 Jan 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Law School and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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5,372
2.
The Financial Psychology of Worry and Women
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 15 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 17 Jul 2008
Working Paper Series
Goucher College - Department of Business Management
Downloads
5,222
3.
A Conceptual Model of Historical Trauma: Implications for Public Health Practice and Research
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 93-108, Fall 2006
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 27 Feb 2009
Last Revised: 27 Feb 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Downloads
4,836
4.
Governance and Corruption in Public Health Care Systems
Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 78
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 03 May 2007
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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4,270
5.
Understanding Behavioral Aspects of Financial Planning and Investing
Journal of Financial Planning, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 22-26
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 20 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
American University - Kogod School of Business and Goucher College - Department of Business Management
Downloads
4,076
6.
Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 02 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Purdue University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Death by Pokémon GO: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 02 Feb 2018
Downloads
4,031
Death by Pokémon Go: The Economic and Human Cost of Using Apps While Driving
NBER Working Paper No. w24308
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 04 Jun 2018
Downloads
8
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4,031
7.
How Does Marriage Affect Physical and Psychological Health? A Survey of the Longitudinal Evidence
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1619
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 03 Jun 2005
Working Paper Series
School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University and University of Warwick - Department of Economics
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2,736
8.
Conceptualizing the 'Fat Tax': The Role of Food Taxes in Developed Economies
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 286
Number of pages: 107
Posted: 05 Jul 2004
Working Paper Series
Stanford Law School
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2,708
9.
The Psychology of Risk: The Behavioral Finance Perspective
HANDBOOK OF FINANCE: VOLUME 2: INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Frank J. Fabozzi, ed., John Wiley & Sons, pp. 85-111, 2008
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 07 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 04 Oct 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Goucher College - Department of Business Management
Downloads
2,675
10.
Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission
Chan J., and Ghose A., "Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission", MIS Quarterly, 38(4), p. 955-976.,
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 07 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 28 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission
Chan J., and Ghose A., "Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission", MIS Quarterly, 38(4), p. 955-976.,
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 07 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 28 May 2015
Downloads
2,216
Internet’s Dirty Secret: Assessing the Impact of Online Intermediaries on HIV Transmission
MIS Quarterly, 38(4), p. 955-976., NET Institute Working Paper No. 12-07
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 07 Nov 2012
Last Revised: 28 May 2015
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79
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2,216
11.
A Ranking of Journals for the Health Economist
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 04 May 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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2,188
12.
The 'Re-Identification' of Governor William Weld's Medical Information: A Critical Re-Examination of Health Data Identification Risks and Privacy Protections, Then and Now
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 04 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Downloads
2,045
13.
Health Care Systems: Efficiency and Institutions
OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 769
Number of pages: 133
Posted: 29 May 2010
Last Revised: 12 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Policy Studies Branch
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1,990
14.
Cheap Donuts and Expensive Broccoli: The Effect of Relative Prices on Obesity
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 01 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy
Downloads
1,860
15.
Genes, Economics, and Happiness
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2946
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford, Harvard University - Department of Health Care Policy, UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences and CREMA
Downloads
1,837
16.
Health and Social Justice
The Lancet, Vol. 364, pp. 1075-1080, 2004
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 12 Dec 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - School of Social Policy & Practice
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1,702
17.
Fast Food, Soft Drink, and Candy Intake Is Unrelated to Body Mass Index for 95% oAmerican Adults
Just, David and Brian Wansink (2015), “Fast Food, Soft Drink, and Candy Intake is Unrelated to Body Mass Index for 95% of American Adults.” Obesity Science and Practice, 1:2, 126-130.,
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 02 Oct 2015
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Cornell University
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1,693
18.
The Health Care Quadrilemma: An Essay on Technological Change, Insurance, Quality of Care, and Cost Containment
Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 523-552, June 1991
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 30 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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1,457
19.
Job Satisfaction: A Study Among Hospital Nurses in Coimbatore, India
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 02 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
Dr NGP Arts and Science College
Downloads
1,453
20.
Occupational Characteristics and the Obesity Wage Penalty
Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-12, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-23
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 21 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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1,355
21.
The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change
University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 78
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 01 Jun 1999
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change
University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 78
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 01 Jun 1999
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1,324
The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change
NBER Working Paper No. w7423
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 14 Jun 2000
Last Revised: 19 Sep 2014
Downloads
182
Downloads
1,324
22.
The Health Effects of Air Pollution in Delhi, India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1860
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Government of the United States of America, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
1,291
23.
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Medicine
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 23 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 27 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, Foster School of Business, University of Washington and Bates College
Downloads
1,271
24.
Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 04-08
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 01 Mar 2004
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 04-08
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 01 Mar 2004
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1,233
Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970
NBER Working Paper No. w10053
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 28 Oct 2003
Last Revised: 14 Oct 2013
Downloads
66
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1,233
25.
Model of Economic Result’s Management for Brazilian Publics Hospitals
Brazilian Journal of Health Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 29 Jul 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU); Doutorando Administração EAESP/FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) and Federal University of Uberlândia - Brazil - UFU
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1,189
26.
Micro Health Insurance in India - Pointers for Progress
IRDA Journal, Vol. 5, No. 12, 2007
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 12 Nov 2007
Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
Downloads
1,170
27.
Climate Change, Mortality and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the U.S.
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-19
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 25 Jun 2007
Last Revised: 30 Nov 2013
Working Paper Series
University of California, Santa Barbara - College of Letters & Science - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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1,099
28.
Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages: Potential Effects on Beverage Consumption, Calorie Intake, and Obesity
USDA-ERS Economic Research Report No. 100
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads
1,031
29.
Can Healthcare IT Save Babies?
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 03 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 30 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Management Science (MS)
Downloads
1,024
30.
Infant and Child Mortality in Eastern Africa: Causes and Differentials - A Review of the Literature
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 14 May 2007
Last Revised: 28 Oct 2008
Working Paper Series
York University
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1,015
31.
The Doha Round's Public Health Legacy: Strategies for the Production and Diffusion of Patented Medicines Under the Amended TRIPS Provisions
Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 10, pp. 921-87, 2007, FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 07-25, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 287
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 01 Nov 2007
Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Florida State University - College of Law and Duke University School of Law
Downloads
1,013
32.
Child Labour and Health: Evidence and Research Issues
Understanding Children's Work Programme Working Paper
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 07 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 13 Mar 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Macedonia, Erasmus School of Economics and United Nations - UCW Program
Downloads
966
33.
Health Status Determinants: Lifestyle, Environment, Health Care Resources and Efficiency
OECD Economics Department Working Paper No. 627
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 29 May 2010
Last Revised: 12 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Policy Studies Branch and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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944
34.
Moniker Maladies: When Names Sabotage Success
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 22 Nov 2006
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads
905
35.
Does Corruption Affect Health and Education Outcomes in the Philippines?
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 21 May 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Maryland - Center on Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) and Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Downloads
900
36.
Obesity, Unhappiness, and the Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2717
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 21 Apr 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - Department of Economics and University of Warwick
Downloads
880
37.
Is Health Care Expenditure Really a Luxury Good? Re-Assessment and New Evidence Based on OECD Data
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 13 Feb 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Rome, Tor Vergata - Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS) and University of Rome La Sapienza
Downloads
876
38.
Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 01 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010
Accepted Paper Series
U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Downloads
874
39.
Health Beliefs of Muslim Women Living in the United States and Implications for Cultural Competency in Physical Therapy Evaluation and Treatment
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 13 Aug 2007
Working Paper Series
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Downloads
818
40.
Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 11-11, HKS Working Paper No. RWP11-034
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 11 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 11-11, HKS Working Paper No. RWP11-034
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 11 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2014
Downloads
817
Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India
NBER Working Paper No. w17210
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 11 Jul 2011
Downloads
39
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817
41.
Human Capital, Schooling and Health Returns
Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 853
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 03 Apr 2003
Working Paper Series
Yale University - Economic Growth Center
Downloads
817
42.
What Does the Empirical Evidence Tell Us About the Injustice of Health Inequalities?
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 25 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
Princeton University
Downloads
813
43.
Reducing Child Mortality and Malnutrition: Cross-Country Evidence on the Role of Growth and Social Indicators.
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 30 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
Government of India
Downloads
804
44.
Public Opinion and the Politics of America's Obesity Epidemic
KSG Working Paper No. RWP02-017
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 May 2002
Working Paper Series
Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and University of California, Berkeley - Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
Downloads
797
45.
Obesity and Advertising Policy
George Mason Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 979-1011, Summer 2004, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 04-45
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 15 Oct 2004
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty, Federal Trade Commission -- Bureau of Economics and Federal Trade Commission
Downloads
793
46.
Health and Poverty in Guatemala
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2966
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank
Downloads
791
47.
Google Flu Trends Still Appears Sick: An Evaluation of the 2013-2014 Flu Season
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 14 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
Northeastern University - Department of Political Science, University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Harvard University and Northeastern University
Downloads
762
48.
Environmental Factors and Children's Malnutrition in Ethiopia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3489
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
Downloads
761
49.
Sugar Taxes Aren’t Sweet: The Case Against Taxes on Sugar-Based Drinks
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 02 Jun 2009
Last Revised: 07 May 2010
Working Paper Series
Independent
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728
50.
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Paper No. 1994
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 23 Jan 2003
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Brown University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Paper No. 1994
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 23 Jan 2003
Downloads
728
Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
NBER Working Paper No. w9446
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 16 Jan 2003
Downloads
220
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728
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