|
|
|
|
|
| Mann, Stefan. |
| 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. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Welfare economics; Second-order preferences; Health economics; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25619 |
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
