Rising prevalence of obesity among adults and children is a major policy issue in many countries. Two widely discussed … instruments to address obesity are a tax on unhealthy foods (fat tax) and a subsidy on healthy foods (thin subsidy). We compare … for healthy and unhealthy meals. We show that the policy which reduces obesity under the most general conditions is the …

probability of suffering from a chronic disease in the future. Individuals differ in income and in their degree of misperceptions …

probability of suffering from a chronic disease in the future. Individuals differ in income and in their degree of misperceptions …

There is a presumption that when an individual's comparison of his income with the incomes of others in his comparison … income reflects better the adverse psychosocial effect of low relative income on health. Hounkpatin et al. pit against each … ; and the "income rank position" of individual i, Ri . In this Rejoinder we show that because a measure of rank is embodied …

There is a presumption that when an individual’s comparison of his income with the incomes of others in his comparison … income reflects better the adverse psychosocial effect of low relative income on health. Hounkpatin et al. pit against each …; and the “income rank position” of individual i, R i. In this Rejoinder we show that because a measure of rank is embodied …

uncover marginal rates of substitution (MRS) between spousal traits, and the authors use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to …

-medicates, self-medication becomes a normal good: it increases if income increases; and it obeys the law of demand (i.e. it increases …