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Lifestyle taxes in the presence of profit shifting

Levaggi, Rosella; Marchiori, Carmen; Panteghini, Paolo - 2020

lifestyle taxes may exist. In general, the First Best sin tax cannot be levied if Governments are also interested in corporate … harder to impose significant lifestyle taxes. We also provide some insights about the effects that the international effort … to fight profit shifting may have on lifestyle taxes. …

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Universal coverage on a budget : impacts on health care utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures in Thailand

Supon Limwattananon; Neelsen, Sven; O'Donnell, Owen; … - 2013

We estimate the impact on health care utilization and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures of a major reform in Thailand that extended health insurance to one-quarter of the population to achieve universal coverage while keeping health spending below 4% of GDP. Identification is through comparison...

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Regional health care decentralization in unitary states : equal spending, equal satisfaction?

Costa-Font, Joan; Turati, Gilberto - 2016

Does regional decentralization threaten the commitment to regional equality in government outcomes? We attempt to shed light on this question by drawing on unique evidence from the largest European unitary states to have engaged in countrywide health system decentralization: Italy and Spain. We...

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Political agency and public health care : evidence from India

Costa-Font, Joan; Parmar, Divya - 2017

A growing literature studies the effect of enhancing the agency relationship between political incumbents and constituents on the use of health care, and specifically maternal and preventive care services. We examine the development of institutions of self-governance in India, and specifically...

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R&D-driven medical progress, health care costs, and the future of human longevity

Böhm, Sebastian; Grossmann, Volker; Strulik, Holger - 2018

In this paper we set up an overlapping generations model of gerontological founded human aging that takes the interaction between R&D-driven medical progress and access to health care into account. We use the model to explore potential futures of human health and longevity. For the baseline...

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Cultural taboos and misinformation about menstrual health management in rural Bangladesh

Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina - 2024

Every month, millions of women worldwide face challenges managing their menstrual hygiene, suffering negative impacts on their health, education, and productivity. Cultural taboos and social norms may contribute to harmful health behaviors and may also interfere with attempts to improve...

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Demand shocks, procurement policies, and the nature of medical innovation : evidence from wartime prosthetic device patents

Clemens, Jeffrey; Rogers, Parker - 2020

We analyze wartime prosthetic device patents to investigate how demand and procurement policy can shape medical innovation. We use machine learning tools to develop new data describing the aspects of medical and mechanical innovations that are emphasized in patent documents. Our analysis of...

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Plugging gaps in payment systems : evidence from the take-up of new medicare billing codes

Clemens, Jeffrey; Leganza, Jonathan M.; Masucci, Alex - 2021

Over the last decade, the U.S. Medicare program has added new billing codes to enhance the financial rewards for Chronic Care Management and Transitional Care Management. We show that the take-up of these new billing codes is gradual and exhibits substantial variations across markets and...

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Divided we survive? : multi-level governance and policy uncertainty during the first wave of Covid-19

Angelici, Marta; Berta, Paolo; Costa-Font, Joan; … - 2021

We compare health system responses to the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and Spain. In both countries, healthcare is managed at the regional level, but the central government behaved differently in the uncertainty surrounding the first wave, leaving more autonomy to regional...

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Medicare and the rise of American medical patenting : the economics of user-driven innovation

Clemens, Jeffrey; Olsen, Morten - 2021

Innovation is part idea generation and part development. We build a model of "innovating-by-doing," whereby ideas come to practitioners. Successful innovation requires that practitioners' ideas be developed through costly effort. Our model nests existing theories of laboratory research and...

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