Demand for Food in the United States. A Review of Literature, Evaluation of...
Executive Summary Many findings and policy recommendations in the academic literature are influenced by published estimates of elasticities of demand for food. However, the quality of these estimates...
View ArticleThe Effects of Farm Commodity and Retail Food Policies on Obesity and...
Abstract Many commentators have claimed that farm subsidies have contributed significantly to the obesity epidemic by making fattening foods relatively cheap and abundant and, symmetrically, that...
View ArticleThe Marginal External Cost of Obesity in the United States
Abstract: Over the past five decades in the United States both total medical expenditures and the proportion of medical expenditures nanced with public funds have increased significantly. A substantial...
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Abstract: The former Soviet republic of Georgia is reputedly the cradle of wine and has enjoyed at least 8000 vintages. It has also been a major supplier of wine to Russia for at least 200 years, but...
View ArticleThe External Health-Care Cost of Obesity in the United States
Abstract: Over the past five decades in the United States both total medical expenditures and the proportion of medical expenditures financed with public funds have increased significantly. A...
View ArticleEffects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs
Abstract: How much has food abundance, attributable to U.S. public agricultural R&D, contributed to high and rising U.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment...
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