We investigated whether a price increase on regular (sugary) soft drinks and an educational intervention would reduce their sales. Methods…
The widespread geographic variation in Medicare spending has garnered a great deal of attention in the health care reform debate, both as a…
Objective: To examine the impact of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) on the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older…
The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, enacted in 2003,
substantially reduced payment rates for…
Prevailing theories hold that U.S. public support for a war depends primarily on its degree of success, U.S. casualties, or conflict goals…
In 2007, a total of 12,632 people in the United States were murdered with firearms, and it is estimated that another 48,676 were treated in…
This article evaluates Ostrom’s classic on its adaption of any coercive system to local features and particularly the costs of monitoring…
We examine the concept of firms sacrificing profits in the social interest within the environmental realm, with particular focus on the…
Building on an idea in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), this article investigates the application of synthetic control methods to comparative…