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Public Policy and Market Competition: How the Master Settlement Agreement Changed the Cigarette Industry [PDF]

This paper investigates the large and unexpected increase in cigarette prices that followed the 1997 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). We integrate key features of rational addiction theory into a discrete-choice model of the demand for a differentiated
Ciliberto, Federico, Kuminoff, Nicolai
core   +1 more source

Promise‐Keeping Reputations in an Investment Game: An Experimental Investigation

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We design a controlled laboratory experiment to mitigate moral hazard problems in livestream shopping when sellers make promises to buyers. In our experiment, the promise‐keeping reputation mechanism allows sellers to send promises to buyers while buyers can observe the sellers' historical promise‐keeping records. Results demonstrate that bare
Ninghua Du, Qun Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Temporary VAT Reduction in Vietnam: Consumer Behavior Analysis

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of temporary VAT rate changes on consumer behavior in Vietnam, particularly concerning the VAT reduction implemented during 2023–2024. The research analyzes annual survey data and household expenditure reports to assess changes in consumer spending on durable goods during the first half of 2024 (2024 H1 ...
Hang Thi Thu Trinh
wiley   +1 more source

Yes, Friendship and Love Can Be Bought and Sold

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can friendship and love be bought and sold? I argue yes, contrary to philosophical consensus. The prevailing view rests on the common error of over‐reliance on idealized conceptions of friendship and love that bear little resemblance to actual relationships.
Simone Sommer Degn
wiley   +1 more source

Mental Health in the Shadow of Crisis: Psychological Interventions as a Public Health Priority [PDF]

Caspian Journal of Health Research
In the wake of recent armed conflicts across various regions, the global public health community is once again reminded of the profound and far-reaching consequences of war—not only on physical well-being, but on mental health as well.
Maryam Shakiba
doaj  

The Burden of Disease of Treatment‐Seeking Patients With a Cluster‐C Personality Disorder in the Netherlands; Quality of Life, Functioning, and Societal Costs

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cluster‐C personality disorders (PDs) are common in the general population but often overlooked in scientific research and clinical practice. An important step to increase awareness for timely diagnosis and treatment of cluster‐C PDs is to investigate the burden of disease in terms of quality of life (QoL), daily functioning and the associated
Iuno Z. Groot, Arnoud Arntz, Carlijn J. M. Wibbelink, Bas Verhoeven, Nathan R. Bachrach, Silvia M. A. A. Evers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The politics of impact: How political ideology shapes perceptions of the environmental impact of individual actions

Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although consumers who engage in the same sustainable behaviors objectively have the same environmental impact, this research finds that people's perceptions of that impact are subjective and systematically shaped by political ideology. Seven studies demonstrate that conservatives tend to perceive their sustainable actions to have less of a ...
Aylin Cakanlar, Katherine White, Remi Trudel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Brief Behavioural Activation for depression in adolescents with acquired brain injury using a single‐case experimental design

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Adolescents who have had an acquired brain injury (ABI) commonly experience depression. Brief Behavioural Activation (Brief BA) is a successful, values‐based intervention for managing depression in neurotypical adolescents. This study investigated the effectiveness of Brief BA, using a single‐case experimental design, with ...
Conor R. O’Brien, Jenny Limond, Shirley Reynolds, Laura Pass, Anna‐Lynne R. Adlam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decision‐making and risk‐taking as predictors of health risk behaviors in the Millennium Cohort Study

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Facets of decision‐making and risk‐taking are implicated in adolescent health risk behaviors; however, whether they may lead to adolescent engagement in substance use, gambling, and self‐harm is unknown. Methods We used the Millennium Cohort Study to test whether a task‐based measure of decision‐making and risk‐taking predicts ...
Nicole G. Hammond, Georgia Condran, Elise E. DeVito, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Ian Colman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Working with a youth mental health apprenticeship scheme to coproduce evidence synthesis: The youth mental health evidence synthesis hub

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Meaningful involvement of young people in mental health research ensures that it is relevant and has impact. Traditional approaches to patient and public involvement often fail to provide sustainable and reciprocal engagement.
Ruth Wadman, Olivia Taylor, Chloe Parekh, Rachel Churchill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source