Research classified by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes

1. Value of Life

2008

• Allanson, Paul & Petrie, Dennis & Gerdtham, Ulf-G, 2008, "Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequality," SIRE Discussion Papers, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE), number 2008-38.
• Cawley, John, 2008, "Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, volume 6, issue 2, pages 281-292, July.
• Atella, Vincenzo & Pace, Noemi & Vuri, Daniela, 2008, "Are employers discriminating with respect to weight?: European Evidence using Quantile Regression," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, volume 6, issue 3, pages 305-329, December.
• Beghin, John C. & Jensen, Helen H., 2008, "Farm policies and added sugars in US diets," Food Policy, Elsevier, volume 33, issue 6, pages 480-488, December.
• Garci­a-Alonso, Mari­a D.C. & Garci­a-Mariñoso, Begoña, 2008, "The strategic interaction between firms and formulary committees: Effects on the prices of new drugs," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 2, pages 377-404, March.
• Baker, Michael & Milligan, Kevin, 2008, "Maternal employment, breastfeeding, and health: Evidence from maternity leave mandates," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 4, pages 871-887, July.
• Viscusi, W. Kip & Hersch, Joni, 2008, "The mortality cost to smokers," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 4, pages 943-958, July.
• Gravelle, Hugh & Siciliani, Luigi, 2008, "Ramsey waits: Allocating public health service resources when there is rationing by waiting," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 5, pages 1143-1154, September.
• Chernew, Michael & DeCicca, Philip & Town, Robert, 2008, "Managed care and medical expenditures of Medicare beneficiaries," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 6, pages 1451-1461, December.
• Poutvaara, Panu & Siemers, Lars-H. R., 2008, "Smoking and social interaction," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 6, pages 1503-1515, December.
• Brekke, Kurt R. & Siciliani, Luigi & Straume, Odd Rune, 2008, "Competition and waiting times in hospital markets," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 92, issue 7, pages 1607-1628, July.
• Stein, Alexander J. & Meenakshi, J.V. & Qaim, Matin & Nestel, Penelope & Sachdev, H.P.S. & Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., 2008, "Potential impacts of iron biofortification in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 66, issue 8, pages 1797-1808, April.
• Hall, Emma & Propper, Carol & Van Reenen, John, 2008, "Can pay regulation kill? Panel data evidence on the effect of labor markets on hospital performance," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 3282, Jan.
• Mansnerus, Erika, 2008, "What happens to facts after their construction?: characteristics and functional roles of facts in the dissemination of knowledge across modelling communities," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 22504, Jul.
• Mattila, Erika, 2008, "The lives of ‘facts’: understanding disease transmission through the case of Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria," Economic History Working Papers, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History, number 22510, Mar.
• Bernardo Sicsú & Maria de Fátima Siliansky de Andreazzi & Tássia Gazé Holguin, 2008, "O comportamento da renúncia fiscal oriunda dos gastos privados com atenção à saúde entre os anos 1996 e 2003," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, FGV EAESP, volume 28, issue 4, pages 631-647, October.
• Brian Ferguson, 2008, "Building a national Health System: Learning From Other Countries' Mistakes," Ekonomia, Cyprus Economic Society and University of Cyprus, volume 11, issue 1, pages 1-18, Summer.
• Thomas K. Tiemann & Paul Miller & Erika Lamanna, 2008, "Active Transport, Public Transportation, and Obesity in Metropolitan Areas of the United States," Working Papers, Elon University, Department of Economics, number 2008-07, Jul.
• Juan D. Moreno-Ternero, 2008, "Interdependent preferences in the design of equal-opportunity policies," Research on Economic Inequality, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Inequality and Opportunity: Papers from the Second ECINEQ Society Meeting", DOI: 10.1016/S1049-2585(08)16003-3.
• Stremersch, S. & Lemmens, A., 2008, "Sales Growth of New Pharmaceuticals Across the Globe: The Role of Regulatory Regimes," ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam, number ERS-2008-026-MKT, May.
• Dean Baker, 2008, "The Benefits and Savings of Publicly-Funded Clinical Trials of Prescription Drugs," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), number 2008-09, Mar.
• Mark Weisbrot, 2008, "An Empty Research Agenda: The Creation of Myths About Contemporary Venezuela," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), number 2008-10, Mar.
• Mark Weisbrot, 2008, "How Not to Attack an Economist (and an Economy): Getting the Numbers Right," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), number 2008-13, Apr.
• Dean Baker & Ben Zipperer, 2008, "The Impact of the Medicare Drug Benefit on Health Care Spending by Older Households," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), number 2008-33, Dec.
• Fabio Pammolli & Nicola Carmine Salerno, 2008, "La sanità in Italia - tra federalismo, regolazione dei mercati e sostenibilità delle finanze pubbliche," Working Papers CERM, Competitività, Regole, Mercati (CERM), number 03-2008, May.
• N. Maniadakis & N. Kotsopoulos & P. Prezerakos & J. Yfantopoulos, 2008, "Measuring Intra-Hospital Clinic Efficiency and Productivity: Application to a Greek University General Hospital," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, volume 0, issue 1-2, pages 95-110.
• Stefano Bosi & Thierry Laurent, 2008, "Health, Growth and Welfare: Why Put Public Money on Medical R&D?," Documents de recherche, Centre d'Études des Politiques Économiques (EPEE), Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne, number 08-18.
• Jean-Paul Fitoussi & Francesco Saraceno, 2008, "The Intergenerational Content of Social Spending: Health Care and Sustainable Growth in China," Documents de Travail de l'OFCE, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE), number 2008-27.
• Joan Costa-Font & Daniele Fabbri & Joan Gil, 2008, "Decomposing Body Mass Index Gaps Between Mediterranean Countries: A Counterfactual Quantile Regression Analysis," Working Papers, FEDEA, number 2008-11, Feb.
• Javier Coronado & Sergi Jiménez Martín & Pedro L. Marín, 2008, "Multimarket Contact in Pharmaceutical Markets," Working Papers, FEDEA, number 2008-20, May.
• Wisdom Akpalu, 2008, "On the Economics of Rational Self-Medication," Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, number 2008.5, Jan.
• Raphaël Soubeyran & Elodie Rouvière, 2008, "Collective Reputation, Entry and Minimum Quality Standard," Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, number 2008.7, Jan.
• Lorenz Goette & Alois Stutzer, 2008, "Blood donations and incentives: evidence from a field experiment," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, number 08-3.
• Begoña Garcia Mariñoso & Izabela Jelovac & Pau Olivella, 2008, "External referencing and pharmaceutical price negotiation," Working Papers, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Etienne (GATE Lyon St-Etienne), Université de Lyon, number 0815.
• Lionel Perrier & Nicola Cautela & Magali Morelle & Nathalie Havet & FRançoise Ducimetière & Antoine Lurkin & Jean-Yves Blay & Pierre Biron & Dominique Ranchère-Vince & Anne-Valérie Decouvelaere & Phil, 2008, "Short-Term cost impact of compliance with clinical practice guidelines for initial sarcoma treatment," Working Papers, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Etienne (GATE Lyon St-Etienne), Université de Lyon, number 0822.
• Sophie Massin, 2008, "The notion of addiction in economics and its challenge to the theory of rational choice
  [La notion d'addiction en économie : la théorie du choix rationnel à l'épreuve]," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers), HAL, number halshs-00331284, Sep.
• D. Crainich & H. Leleu, 2008, "Impact du passage à la T2A: une modélisation pour l'hôpital public," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-00288832.
• Rinaldo Brau & Matteo Lippi Bruni, 2008, "Eliciting the demand for long‐term care coverage: a discrete choice modelling analysis," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 17, issue 3, pages 411-433, March, DOI: 10.1002/hec.1271.
• B. Dormont & A.‐L. Samson, 2008, "Medical demography and intergenerational inequalities in general practitioners' earnings," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 17, issue 9, pages 1037-1055, September, DOI: 10.1002/hec.1387.
• Daniel Albalate, 2008, "Lowering blood alcohol content levels to save lives: The European experience," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 27, issue 1, pages 20-39, DOI: 10.1002/pam.20305.
• Kanika Kapur & José J. Escarce & M. Susan Marquis & Kosali I. Simon, 2008, "Where Do the Sick Go? Health Insurance and Employment in Small and Large Firms," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, volume 74, issue 3, pages 644-664, January, DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2008.tb00857.x.
• Costa-Font, J & Fabbri, D & Gil, J, 2008, "Decomposing Bodymass Index gaps between Mediterranean countries: A Counterfactual Quantile Regression Analysis," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/02, Feb.
• Madden, D, 2008, "Ordinal and Cardinal Measures of Health Inequality: An Empirical Comparison," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/09, May.
• Galarrága, O & Sosa-Rubí, S. G & Salinas, A & Sesma, S, 2008, "The Impact of Universal Health Insurance on Catastrophic and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Mexico: a Model with an Endogoenous Treatment Variable," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/12, Jun.
• Trannoy, A & Tubeuf, S & Jusot, F & Devaux, M, 2008, "Inequality in Opportunities in Health in France: A first pass," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/24, Oct.
• Luigi Siciliani & Anderson Stanciole & Rowena Jacobs, 2008, "Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/02, Feb.
• Kurt R. Brekke & Roberto Cellini & Luigi Siciliani & Odd Rune Straume, 2008, "Competition and quality in regulated markets: a differential-game approach," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/05, Apr.
• Oddvar Martin Kaarboe & Luigi Siciliani, 2008, "Multitasking, quality and pay for performance," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/06, Apr.
• H Gravelle & AR Hole, I Hussein, 2008, "Response bias in job satisfaction surveys: English general practitioners," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/24, Jul.
• Luigi Siciliani & Elín J. G. Hafsteinsdóttir, 2008, "DRG prospective payment system: refine or not refine?," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York, number 08/29, Oct.
• Hostenkamp, Gisela & Stolpe, Michael, 2008, "Optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging," Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 1428.
• Kumpmann, Ingmar, 2008, "Grenzen des Wettbewerbs im Gesundheitswesen," IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), number 1/2008.
• Göhlmann, Silja & Schmidt, Christoph M., 2008, "Smoking in Germany: Stylized Facts, Behavioral Models, and Health Policy," Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, number 64.
• Schwierz, Christoph & Augurzky, Boris & Focke, Axel & Wasem, Jürgen, 2008, "Demand, Selection and Patient Outcomes in German Acute Care Hospitals," Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, number 74.
• Schmitz, Hendrik, 2008, "Do Optional Deductibles Reduce the Number of Doctor Visits? – Empirical Evidence with German Data," Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen, number 76.
• Jeffrey R. Brown & Amy Finkelstein, 2008, "The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 3, pages 1083-1102, June.
• David Card & Carlos Dobkin & Nicole Maestas, 2008, "The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Medicare," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 98, issue 5, pages 2242-2258, December, DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.5.2242.
• Janet Currie & Firouz Gahvari, 2008, "Transfers in Cash and In-Kind: Theory Meets the Data," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, volume 46, issue 2, pages 333-383, June.
• Jonathan Gruber, 2008, "Covering the Uninsured in the United States," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, volume 46, issue 3, pages 571-606, September, DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.3.571.
• Tomas J. Philipson & Richard A. Posner, 2008, "Is the Obesity Epidemic a Public Health Problem? A Review of Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles's Obesity, Business and Public Policy," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, volume 46, issue 4, pages 974-982, December.
• Tomas J. Philipson & Eric Sun, 2008, "Is the Food And Drug Administration Safe And Effective?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 1, pages 85-102, Winter.
• Jishnu Das & Jeffrey Hammer & Kenneth Leonard, 2008, "The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 2, pages 93-114, Spring.
• Alan M. Garber & Jonathan Skinner, 2008, "Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 4, pages 27-50, Fall.
• David M. Cutler, 2008, "Are We Finally Winning the War on Cancer?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 4, pages 3-26, Fall.
• Jonathan Gruber, 2008, "Incremental Universalism for the United States: The States Move First?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 4, pages 51-68, Fall.
• Mark Duggan & Patrick Healy & Fiona Scott Morton, 2008, "Providing Prescription Drug Coverage to the Elderly: America's Experiment with Medicare Part D," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 4, pages 69-92, Fall.
• Randall D. Cebul & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor & Mark E. Votruba, 2008, "Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Healthcare System," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 22, issue 4, pages 93-113, Fall.
• Mai Stafford & Amanda Sacker & Anne Ellaway & Steven Cummins & Dick Wiggins & Sally Macintyre, 2008, "Neighbourhood Effects on Health: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, volume 128, issue 1, pages 109-120.
• Lelia Chiru, 2008, "Ethic And Deontology In Healthcare Services," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, volume 10, issue 23, pages 61-65, February.
• Miljkovic, Dragan & Nganje, William E. & Ndembe, Elvis, 2008, "Offsetting Behavior: Consumers' Response to Food Safety Policies," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, volume 23, issue 3, pages 1-4, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.94677.
• Weldegebriel, Habtu T. & Gunn, George J. & Stott, Alistair W., undated, "Winners and losers from Johne’s disease eradication from the Scottish dairy herd: a Markov-Chain simulation," 82nd Annual Conference, March 31 - April 2, 2008, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK, Agricultural Economics Society, number 36872, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.36872.
• Cai, Yongxia & Alviola, Pedro A. IV & Nayga, Rodolfo M. Jr. & Wu, Ximing, 2008, "The Effect of Food-Away-from-Home and Food-at-Home Expenditures on Obesity Rates: A State-Level Analysis," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, volume 40, issue 2, pages 1-15, August, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46990.
• Schroeter, Christiane & Lusk, Jayson L., 2008, "Economic Factors and Body Weight: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, volume 40, issue 2, pages 1-16, August, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46991.
• Miller, J. Corey & Coble, Keith H., 2008, "An International Comparison of the Effects of Government Agricultural Support on Food Budget Shares," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, volume 40, issue 2, pages 1-18, August, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.47196.
• Webster, Kevin D. & Jardine, Cindy G. & McMullen, Lynn & Cash, Sean B., 2008, "Risk Ranking: Investigating Expert and Public Differences in Evaluating Food Safety Risks," Consumer and Market Demand Network Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, number 45495, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.45495.
• Cash, Sean B. & Lacanilao, Ryan D. & Adamowicz, Wiktor L. & Raine, Kim, 2008, "An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Fat Taxes: Prices Effects, Food Stigma, and Information Effects on Economics Instruments to Improve Dietary Health," Consumer and Market Demand Network Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, number 45499, Jul, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.45499.
• Clark, J. Stephen & Brown, Bettina & Dunlop, Diane & Yang, Jinbin & Prochazka, Petr, 2008, "An Investigation of the Marketing of Butterfat by the Canadian Dairy Industry," Consumer and Market Demand Network Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, number 45501, Jul, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.45501.
• Caswell, Julie A., 2008, "Expanding the Focus of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Food Safety: A Multi-Factorial Risk Prioritization Approach," Working Paper Series, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Resource Economics, number 42131, Jul, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.42131.
• Sasho Kjosev & Pece Nedanovski, 2008, "Health care system in the Republic of Macedonia – current situation and development perspectives," Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal), University of Craiova, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, volume 1, issue 11, pages 71-77, November.