A note on optimal paternalism and health capital subsidies

This paper concerns the policy implications of a potential self-control problem underlying the consumption of unhealthy food. Our results show that subsidies on wealth and health capital can be used to implement a socially optimal resource allocation.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Aronsson, Thomas ; Thunström, Linda
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 101.2008, 3, p. 241-242
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Health Quasi-hyperbolic discounting Subsidies

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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