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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Framing Obesity in Economic Theory and Policy
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| Autores: |
Mann, Stefan
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| Data: |
2006-06-20
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Welfare economics
Second-order preferences
Health economics
Health Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
While obesity is a growing problem that entails considerable costs, its causes for individuals are not yet well understood in economic terms. Three explanatory approaches are explored: obesity as a rational decision pursued by the individual, obesity as a problem of too little information and obesity as the result of a weak will. While the recent rise in obesity can be explained rationally by a changed environment, information deficiencies and akrasia contribute to explaining its frequency. If the state intervenes, a fat tax carries much higher allocative losses than taxing overweight directly.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22684
http://purl.umn.edu/25619
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
17
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