Research
Regulating Misinformation
Governments have responded to misleading advertising by banning it, engaging in counter-advertising and taxing and regulating the product.
Early-life Malaria Exposure and Adult Outcomes: Evidence from Malaria Eradication in India
We examine the effects of exposure to malaria in early childhood on educational attainment and economic status in adulthood by exploiting geographic variation in malaria prevalence in India prior to a
Pharmaceutical Innovation
Book abstract: Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it.
Patient Cost-Sharing and Hospitalization Offsets in the Elderly
In the Medicare program, increases in cost sharing by a supplemental insurer can exert financial externalities.
Geographic Correlation Between Large-Firm Commercial Spending and Medicare Spending
The positive correlation in utilization and lack of correlation in spending implies an inverse correlation in prices.
Comment: Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day
Book Abstract: Ten papers, originally presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona, in May 2005, examine emerging issues in the economics of aging.
Social Interactions and Smoking
Book Abstract: Ten papers, originally presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona, in May 2005, examine emerging issues in the economics of aging.
Understanding Agglomerations in Health Care
Comment: Income, Aging, Health and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Book Abstract: Ten papers, originally presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona, in May 2005, examine emerging issues in the economics of aging.
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