allocation decisions. We define a measure of the price of impure altruism as the additional proportion of income sacrificed by a … overall charitable donations. We discuss the implications of our experimental results for both theory and policy …

milk supply was regularly skimmed and diluted with water, but consumers could not easily determine its quality because dyes …, caramel, and salt were added. To protect consumers, milk inspectors were tasked with enforcing a well-defined MQS. Using city …-level data for the period 1880-1910, we find that milk inspections reduced mortality from waterborne and foodborne diseases by 8 …

In the mid-19th century, the urban milk supply in the United States was regularly skimmed or diluted with water …, reducing its nutritional value. At the urging of public health experts, cities across the country hired milk inspectors, who … were tasked with collecting and analyzing milk samples with the goal of preventing adulteration and skimming. Using city …

2020, we find for manufacturing establishments a gas price elasticity of labor demand of −0.02, likely reflecting a scale … effect. We also show that a rise in the gas price leads to an increase in establishment closure. A negative impact of the gas … price on wages of 2 percent is consistent with rent-sharing …

, 2001. We investigate especially the impact of the policy change on the price of illicit drugs. The analysis is performed …

analyze three therapeutic classes with different treatment durations and show that the reform led to substantial price … decreases for our lifelong treatment and to less substantial price reductions for our medium duration treatment while we do not …

We investigate the effect of variations in the price of opium in Afghanistan on per capita dispensation of prescription … expenses of opioid producers increase following opium price declines and so do their stock prices and profits. Overall, our …