The Effect of Income on Positive and Negative Subjective Well-Being [PDF]
Increasing evidence from the empirical economic and psychological literature suggests that positive and negative well-being are more than opposite ends of the same phenomenon.
Rainer Winkelmann, Stefan Boes
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What does it take to sell Environmental Policy? An empirical Analysis of Referendum Data [PDF]
We analyze the factors that influence the support for environmental policy proposals. Swiss referendum data show that proposals obtain more yes-votes if they do not restrict consumption possibilities directly, if they are endorsed by business ...
Armin Schmutzler +2 more
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We discuss regression models for ordered responses, such as ratings of bonds, schooling attainment, or measures of subjective well-being. Commonly used models in this context are the ordered logit and ordered probit regression models.
Rainer Winkelmann, Stefan Boes
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The Purpose and Limits of Social Health Insurance [PDF]
This contribution seeks to answer two related questions. First, what is the purpose of social health insurance? Or put in slightly different terms, what are the reasons for social (or public) health insurance to exist, even to dominate private health ...
Peter Zweifel
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Calculating effective gun policies
, 2013 Following recent shootings in the USA, a debate has erupted, one side favoring stricter gun control, the other promoting protection through more weapons.
Komarova, Natalia L., Wodarz, Dominik
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The Impact of Aging on Future Healthcare Expenditure [PDF]
The impact of aging on healthcare expenditure (HCE) has been at the center of a prolonged debate. This paper purports to shed light on several issues. First, it presents new evidence on the relative importance of the two components of HCE that have been ...
Harry Telser +2 more
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A single bout of resistance or high-intensity interval training increases anti-cancer myokines and suppresses cancer cell growth in vitro in survivors of breast cancer. [PDF]
Breast Cancer Res TreatBettariga F +9 more
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Optimizing equine standing sedation: <b>continuous</b> infusion of detomidine and butorphanol enhances stability but prolongs ataxia. [PDF]
Front Vet SciArantes JA +8 more
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Revision of the Genus <i>Ranacris</i> You & Lin, 1983 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae), with Proposal of a New Synonym. [PDF]
InsectsLv Z +8 more
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Entry in liberalized railway markets: The German experience [PDF]
In Germany, competitive franchising is increasingly being used to procure passenger railway services that were previously provided by a state monopolist. This paper analyzes the 77 tenders that have taken place since the railway reform in 1994.
Armin Schmutzler, Rafael Lalive
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