paper analyzes new plot-level data in the aftermath of the Great Boston Fire of 1872, estimating substantial economic gains …

fire risk and decreases surprisingly steeply with development density. A simple model is used to explore effects on …

, their consequences, and how risk from fire might be mitigated. Here we bring together data on the changing risk and societal … US, a number increasing by 1 million houses every 3 years. Using a statistical model that links satellite-based fire and …

between locations that vary in their perceived level of fire risk. The model allows us to infer the evolution of risk … analysis is based on a multi-dimensional characterization of the potential linkages between fire events and risk perceptions … dynamics across properties that differ in both their spatial relationship to wild fire events (views vs. proximity) and their …

While much is known about the impacts prices and tobacco control policies have on smoking participation and frequency … of cigarette use, little is known about their impacts on smoking cessation. This paper addresses the dynamics of smoking … increase the probability of initial smoking cessation as well as subsequent cessation for those individuals who are unable to …

the OLS estimates. We fail to reject tests of overidentifying restrictions, show how the smoking/education link varies …

smoking of men in late middle age in the Health and Retirement Study better than myopic models. We develop and estimate a … using data of men aged 70 and over. Myopic models predict rates of smoking and drinking for old individuals which are …

smoking of combustibles. Our results are timely and policy-relevant, suggesting which flavor bans are likely to be most …