SSRN Health & the Economy eJournal

1.

The Financial Psychology of Worry and Women

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2008

Working Paper Series

Victor Ricciardi

Goucher College - Department of Business Management

Downloads 4,975

2.

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

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Jonathan Klick and Joshua D. Wright

University of Pennsylvania Law School and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty

Downloads 4,792

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

Michelle Sotero

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Downloads 3,616

4.

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

H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi

American University - Kogod School of Business and Goucher College - Department of Business Management

Downloads 3,409

5.

Governance and Corruption in Public Health Care Systems

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 78

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 May 2007

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Maureen Lewis

World Bank

Downloads 3,387

6.

Exploring Socionomic Causality in Social Health and Epidemics

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2016

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Alan M. Hall, Alyssa Hayden and Matt Lampert

Socionomics Institute, Socionomics Institute and Socionomics Institute

Downloads 2,935

7.

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

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Jeff Strnad

Stanford Law School

Downloads 2,445

8.

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

Victor Ricciardi

Goucher College - Department of Business Management

Downloads 2,142

9.

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

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Chris M. Wilson and Andrew J. Oswald

School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University and University of Warwick - Department of Economics

Downloads 2,141

10.

A Ranking of Journals for the Health Economist

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 May 2013

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M. Ryan Haley

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

Downloads 2,008

11.

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

Jason Chan and Anindya Ghose

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

Downloads 1,971

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

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Daniel C. Barth-Jones

Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Downloads 1,790

13.

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

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Jonah B. Gelbach, Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann

University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy

Downloads 1,741

14.

Health and Social Justice

The Lancet, Vol. 364, pp. 1075-1080, 2004

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Dec 2006

Accepted Paper Series

Jennifer Prah Ruger

University of Pennsylvania

Downloads 1,634

15.

Genes, Economics, and Happiness

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2946

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Feb 2010

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Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve, Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler and Bruno S. Frey

University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences and CREMA

Downloads 1,612

16.

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

David Just and Brian Wansink

Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Cornell University

Downloads 1,548

17.

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

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Isabelle Joumard, Christophe Andre and Chantal Nicq

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

Downloads 1,442

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

Burton A. Weisbrod

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,406

19.

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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Richard A. Posner and Tomas Philipson

University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,305

20.

Job Satisfaction: A Study Among Hospital Nurses in Coimbatore, India

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 02 Jul 2009

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Eswari Muthusamy

Dr NGP Arts and Science College

Downloads 1,289

21.

Financial Conflicts of Interest in Medicine

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2014

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Joseph Engelberg, Christopher A. Parsons and Nathan Tefft

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and Bates College

Downloads 1,197

22.

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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Kenneth Y. Chay and Michael Greenstone

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,186

23.

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

Professor Vidigal II and Vinícius Silva Pereira

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU); Doutorando Administração EAESP/FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) and Federal University of Uberlândia - Brazil - UFU

Downloads 1,186

24.

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

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Jennifer Bennett Shinall

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 1,173

25.

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

David M. Dror

Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)

Downloads 1,117

26.

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

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Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone

University of California, Santa Barbara - College of Letters & Science - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics

Downloads 1,056

27.

Can Healthcare IT Save Babies?

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2012

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Amalia R. Miller and Catherine E. Tucker

University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Management Science (MS)

Downloads 994

28.

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

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Stephen Kaduuli

York University

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29.

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

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Frederick M. Abbott and Jerome H. Reichman

Florida State University - College of Law and Duke University School of Law

Downloads 938

30.

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

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Travis A. Smith, Biing-Hwan Lin and Jong-Ying Lee

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 908

31.

Moniker Maladies: When Names Sabotage Success

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Nov 2006

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Leif D. Nelson and Joseph P. Simmons

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Downloads 897

32.

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

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Maureen Cropper, Nathalie B. Simon, Anna Alberini and P.K. Sharma

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

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33.

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

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Vincenzo Atella and Giorgia Marini

University of Rome, Tor Vergata - Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS) and University of Rome La Sapienza

Downloads 848

34.

Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010

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Michael L. Anderson and David A. Matsa

U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Downloads 841

35.

Human Capital, Schooling and Health Returns

Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 853

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Apr 2003

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T. Paul Schultz

Yale University - Economic Growth Center

Downloads 787

36.

Obesity, Unhappiness, and the Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2717

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Apr 2007

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Andrew J. Oswald and Nattavudh Powdthavee

University of Warwick - Department of Economics and University of Warwick

Downloads 777

37.

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

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Lori Maria Walton

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Downloads 773

38.

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

Todd J. Zywicki, Debra Holt and Maureen K. Ohlhausen

George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty, Federal Trade Commission -- Bureau of Economics and Federal Trade Commission

Downloads 767

39.

What Does the Empirical Evidence Tell Us About the Injustice of Health Inequalities?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Jan 2011

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Angus Deaton

Princeton University

Downloads 764

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

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Michael Greenstone and Rema Hanna

University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 762

41.

Public Opinion and the Politics of America's Obesity Epidemic

KSG Working Paper No. RWP02-017

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 May 2002

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J. Eric Oliver and Taeku Lee

Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and University of California, Berkeley - Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science

Downloads 760

42.

Does Corruption Affect Health and Education Outcomes in the Philippines?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 May 2005

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Omar Azfar and Tugrul Gurgur

University of Maryland - Center on Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) and Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Downloads 752

43.

Chapter 15: Health and the Economy, 3rd Ed.

GLOBAL HEALTH: DISEASES, PROGRAMS, SYSTEMS, AND POLICIES, pp. 757-814, M. Merson, R. Black, and A. Mills, eds., Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2012

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Jennifer Prah Ruger, Dean T. Jamison, David E. Bloom and David Canning

University of Pennsylvania, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Downloads 749

44.

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

Isabelle Joumard, Christophe Andre, Chantal Nicq and Olivier Chatal

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)

Downloads 739

45.

Health and Poverty in Guatemala

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2966

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Michele Gragnolati and Alessandra Marini

World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank

Downloads 734

46.

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

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O. O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer and Furio C. Rosati

University of Macedonia, Erasmus School of Economics and United Nations - UCW Program

Downloads 727

47.

Environmental Factors and Children's Malnutrition in Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3489

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Jan 2005

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Patricia Silva

World Bank

Downloads 706

48.

Why Have Americans Become More Obese?

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Paper No. 1994

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Jan 2003

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David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser and Jesse M. Shapiro

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Department of Economics and University of Chicago

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 701

49.

Dynamic Kidney Exchange

Review of Economic Studies, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009

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M. Utku Ünver

Boston College - Department of Economics

Downloads 686

50.

Uncertain Lifetime, Life Protection, and the Value of Life Saving

Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 459-460, May 2000

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Feb 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Isaac Ehrlich

State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics

Downloads 680

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