Contemporary Economic Policy articles from January 1 2009

Contemporary Economic Policy archives from January 1 2009

Demand response to cost sharing under managed health care.(Report)
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION Demand response is one of the most venerable topics in health economics. Zeckhauser (1970) related demand response to optimal (second-best) health insurance showing that a greater demand response implied less coverage. That...

The determinants of laws restricting youth access to tobacco.(Report)
January 1, 2009... 1. INTRODUCTION Over 40 yr have passed since the first Report of the Surgeon General warned of the health risks of smoking. In the wake of this report, public policies to reduce smoking incidence primarily relied on a combination of...

Aid, economic freedom, and growth.
January 1, 2009... 1. INTRODUCTION Donors have multiple objectives in providing foreign assistance to poor countries. Aid is motivated in part by donors' foreign policy objectives; for example, much U.S. aid goes to Egypt and Israel to maintain peace in the...

Human well-being effects of institutions and social capital.(Report)
January 1, 2009... I. INTRODUCTION Studying the determinants of human well-being (HWB) at the macro level is a very important endeavor. Unfortunately, it is at best an extremely complicated task. Thus, most scholars focus on some aspects of HWB. In this...

Erratum statement.(Correction notice)
January 1, 2009... Due to an error of interpretation, key results reported in Warehouses, Trucks, and [PM.sub.2.5]: Human Health and Logistics Industry Growth in the Eastern Inland Empire" [Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 25 (1): pp:79-91] are incorrect. A...