Une bonne santé mentale est indispensable au bien-être et essentielle à l'épanouissement des individus et de la société. Il est admis de longue date que les stratégies efficaces en matière de santé mentale doivent mobiliser tout un éventail de secteurs allant au-delà de la santé ;...

This chapter provides a detailed analysis of the economic, legal and public policy rationales for the application of taxes and other fiscal measures on health-related commodities. The motivation for such taxes has been more often linked to the fiscal revenues generated than to their potential...

We study how managers respond to hurricane events when their firms are located in the neighborhood of the disaster area. We find that the sudden shock to the perceived liquidity risk leads managers to increase corporate cash holdings and to express more concerns about hurricane risk in...