all income groups increased their food and overall household spending, but the usage restriction may have affected …

We evaluate the empirical relevance of de facto vs. de jure determinants of political power in the U.S. South between … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …

cigarette taxes by enrolling in food stamps. First, we show theoretically that increases in cigarette taxes can induce food … exploiting between and within-household variation in food stamp enrollment from the Current Population Survey as well as data … taxes increase the probability that low-income smoking households take-up food stamps …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food … availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how novel food products alter the optimal consumption bundle and welfare … experiment of economic development. Our data elicit detailed information on East Germans' food consumption, body mass, and diet …