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We use Swedish data on 330,000 consumer choices of medically equivalent drugs to study the zero-price effect first documented by Shampanier et al. (2007) in experimental settings. The Swedish benefit scheme implies that, during a given month, all consumers face the same price-differences between...
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This paper is concerned with the modern theory of social cost-bene.t analysis in <p> a dynamic economy. The theory emphasizes the role of a comprehensive, forward- <p> looking, dynamic welfare index within the period of the project rather than that <p> of a project.s long-term consequences. However, what...</p></p></p>
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The starting point for this paper is the potential self-control problem underlying the consumption of unhealthy food. The purpose is to analyze public policies, which are designed to correct for the welfare loss associated with such behavior. Contrary to previous studies, our analysis suggests...
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This paper presents a follow up study of earlier economic evaluations of the Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden. The AEI was foremost directed to those unemployed and involved comprehensive education at compulsory or upper secondary levels. The AEI is compared with the vocational part of...
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This paper concerns income taxation, commodity taxation, production taxation and public good provision in a multi-jurisdiction framework with transboundary environmental damage. We assume that each jurisdiction is large in the sense that its government is able to influence the world-market...
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